wringer
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wring·er
(rĭng′ər)n.
Idiom: One that wrings, especially a device in which laundry is pressed between rollers to extract water.
put (someone) through the wringer Slang
To subject to a severe trial or ordeal.
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wringer
(ˈrɪŋə)n
(Mechanical Engineering) another name for mangle21
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wring•er
(ˈrɪŋ ər)n.
1. a person or thing that wrings.
2. an apparatus for squeezing out liquid, as two rollers through which an article of wet clothing may be squeezed.
Idioms: put through the wringer, to subject to a difficult or exhausting experience.
[1250–1300]
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Noun | 1. | wringer - a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed clothes drier, clothes dryer - a dryer that dries clothes wet from washing |
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Translations
عَصّارَه، آلَه لِعَصْر الغَسيل
vridemaskine
facsarógép
òvottavinda
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wring
(riŋ) – past tense, past participle wrung (raŋ) – verb1. to force (water) from (material) by twisting or by pressure. He wrung the water from his soaking-wet shirt.
2. to clasp and unclasp (one's hands) in desperation, fear etc.
ˈwringer noun a machine for forcing water from wet clothes.
wringing wet soaked through. The clothes are wringing wet; wringing-wet clothes.
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