wringer
/ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)/ noun
Forms wringers
- noun One who wrings.
- noun One who uses a wringer (machine).
- noun A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung).
- noun (figurative) Something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion; an ordeal.
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Etymology
From Middle English wringere, equivalent to wring + -er.
Webster’s 1913
- noun One who, or that which, wrings; hence, an extortioner.
- noun A machine for pressing water out of anything, particularly from clothes after they have been washed.
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