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steamie

steamie

English

Noun

steamie ‎(plural steamies)

(Scotland) A public area for washing clothes.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 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.