It may originate from as early as the Civil War, when soldiers would jot a list of their items to be laundered (and hopefully returned). In any event, it comes from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century when many sent their laundry out to be cleaned.
Columnist Ed Quillen who worked in a commercial laundry shop as a boy wrote in the Denver Post June 6, 2008, that the term refers to what must be listed when you send your laundry to a service, since 1) there were so many distinctions between different pieces of clothing for men, women, children, and various professions, and 2) the laundry service had to mark every individual piece of clothing per customer, sort into piles by color and water temperature, and ensure that all the pieces were returned to their proper owner.
A laundry list could be very personalized per customer, and might have been frequently re-used for loyal customers. Those with long laundry lists had more clothes and were probably more wealthy than others, and all their belongings would have been more difficult to track.
Through the years the term has come to mean any relatively long, detailed list of items.
It has also come to have a negative connotation. You may find usage such as "She recited a long laundry list of familiar complaints" or "His application had a long laundry list of accomplishments" or "We have a laundry list of tasks" - smacking of dullness and overkill when a focus on fewer high-impact priorities may be more effective.
An exception may be when the term is used as an organizing principle. Some commercial enterprise business system and Web storefront software like DDMS use "laundry list" to mean a categorized list of items that a customer frequently buys, particularly in the office supply, janitorial/sanitation, machine & equipment, or hardware industries. In this case it is similar to a customer pricing contract but more focused on frequency of use, and similar to a Favorites or Wish List but more focused on what has actually been purchased.
The term "laundry list" originated from the practice of listing out items on a list in the same way a laundry service would list out the items they need to clean. It is used figuratively to refer to a long or exhaustive list of things to do or consider.
Examples of gender specific nouns are:auntbaronbaronessbillybitchboarboyfriendbrotherbuckbullbutlercountcountesscowdaughterdoedogdrakedroneduckemperorempressewefathergentlemangentlewomangirlfriendgod (generally male)goddessgrandfathergrandmotherharthenhobjackjennyjilljohnkingladyleopardleopardesslionlionessmadam (ma'am)maidmaidenmanmaremiss (as in Miss Carla)mister; Mr.mollymotherMs.nannypeacockpeahenqueenramreynardroostersistersonsowstagstallionsteertomunclevixenwaiterwaitresswasherwoman (old term for woman who did laundry for hire)womanworkmanworker (ants, bees, wasps, or termites)
Laundry does not have a past tense because it is a noun.
The term "Hench", comes from the words Big and Bulky
Ireland by way of California has been plausibly suggested
The term originated in England. Back in the mid-1890's, the term hooligan was used to describe a street gang in London.
I Laundry list means a long list
no i have laundry to do
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I think it's another term used for laundry room.
On-premise laundry means that there is a laundry facility on the property. The term is often found in apartment listings, where it means that there is a washer and dryer available in the building or complex, but not necessarily in the apartment unit. It does not say anything about what it costs to do the laundry or whether it is safe to leave your laundry in the washer or dryer.
Yes. It will come out with ordinary laundry soap.
A Court Docket is a term for a list of cases to be tried.
Yes! You just need to find the right laundry detergent.
it does but i have only found it at wal mart
Examples of gender specific nouns are:auntbaronbaronessbillybitchboarboyfriendbrotherbuckbullbutlercountcountesscowdaughterdoedogdrakedroneduckemperorempressewefathergentlemangentlewomangirlfriendgod (generally male)goddessgrandfathergrandmotherharthenhobjackjennyjilljohnkingladyleopardleopardesslionlionessmadam (ma'am)maidmaidenmanmaremiss (as in Miss Carla)mister; Mr.mollymotherMs.nannypeacockpeahenqueenramreynardroostersistersonsowstagstallionsteertomunclevixenwaiterwaitresswasherwoman (old term for woman who did laundry for hire)womanworkmanworker (ants, bees, wasps, or termites)