steamie
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steamie (plural steamies)
- (Scotland) A public area for washing clothes.
- 1994, Richard Thompson, Beeswing:
- I took a job in the steamie down on Cauldrum Street
And I fell in love with a laundry girl
Who was working next to me
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 74:
- There were steps up to the swimming baths' door. The next one along was for the steamie. Women went in there to wash all their laundry and clothes.
- (Quebec) A hot dog made of a steamed sausage in a bun, often topped with onion and mustard.