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Does evening work at the laundry (5)

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I believe the answer is:

irons

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'laundry' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'does evening work at' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'at' could be 'on' (location) and 'on' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'irs' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for irons that I've seen before include "Devices restricting personal freedom in prisons" , "Prepares clothes" , "Fetters, handcuffs" , "Smooths the golfclubs?" , "Don't have too many in the fire at the same time" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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