WRINGER

wringer

(noun) a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

wringer (plural wringers)

One who wrings.

A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung); a mangle.

(figurative) Something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion; an ordeal.

Source: Wiktionary


Wring"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, wrings; hence, an extortioner.

2. A machine for pressing water out of anything, particularly from clothes after they have been washed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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