dry cleaning, n.Definitions

Dry cleaning is paying rent for clothes you already own.

Dry cleaning is a tax for people who own nice clothing.

Dry cleaning is a fancy word for having someone do your laundry for you.

Dry cleaning is a scam where they secretly laugh at you as they rub their ill-gotten money all over your clothes and then hang them back up in a plastic bag.

Dry cleaning is a good way to meet a man — The men who frequent them usually have jobs and bathe.

Dry cleaning is all fine and good but one would be wiser to donate their shirt to the Salvation Army, let them clean it and put it on a hanger, and then buy it back for seventy-five cents.