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dry-clean
(dry-clean)
verb
[
with object
]
clean (a garment) with an organic solvent, without using water:
I had my winter coat dry-cleaned recently
(as noun
dry-cleaning
)
premises which offered dry-cleaning
Derivatives
dry-cleaner
noun
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