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wringer"device for squeezing water from clothes," 1799, agent noun from wring (v.). (Earlier it meant "extortioner," c. 1300.) Figurative phrase to put (someone) through the wringer first [..]
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wringera machine with two rollers that wring the water out of wet washing
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wringer(n) a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed
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