wet-clean

wet-clean
\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ transitive verb
: to clean by means of water

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wet-clean «WEHT KLEEN», transitive verb.
to clean (clothes, rugs, or other objects) with water: »

Customers send their suits back to London and…have them wet-cleaned and pressed by hand (Time).


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