wringer
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈrɪŋər/
- Archaic
:
escurridor de ropa
- Dunte Simmons lifted steaming sheets and clothes from the copper boiler, then set them through the wringer.
Examples
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You have no idea what trauma such as this can do to a person, and she's really been through the wringer these past few months.
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Also, putting a book through the publishing "wringer" does not guarantee quality, especially in the modern world of publishing.
Blog text (1) -
Saturdays, she cleaned the house, baked pies, and fed mountains of wash through the old wringer washer.
Fiction book (2002) -
Down in the dank, steamy basement, wash tubs vast and grey, the wringer sliding between the washer and each tub.
Fiction book (1997) -
To remove excess water from the laundry, she fed the clothes through the wringer before hanging them out to dry.
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He struggled a bit as he turned the handle of the old wringer to squeeze out the last bit of moisture from the linens.
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After the washing cycle, the shirts went straight into the wringer, which helped them dry faster.
Synonyms
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1.0
A machine that removes water from clothes by blowing warm air
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1.2
A machine that removes water from wet clothes using warm air
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9.1
A machine that presses laundry between heavy rollers
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3.2
A machine that dries clothes by spinning them to remove water
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2.6
A machine that dries wet clothes by spinning them in warm air
An electric machine that removes water from clothes by turning them quickly
A machine that spins wet clothes with hot air to remove water
A machine that uses warm air to dry wet clothes
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Etymology
The word wringer comes from the simple verb wring, which means 'to twist' or 'to squeeze out', plus the ending -er that makes a name for a tool. A wringer is a device that presses wet clothes between rollers to squeeze out water, so the name is literally 'the thing that wrings' clothes.