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wringer definition

wringer (riŋ′ər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that wrings
  2. a machine or device for squeezing out water or other liquid, esp. one fitted with opposed rollers to squeeze the water from wet clothes

Etymology: ME, an oppressor

wringer Idioms

put someone through the wringer

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Slang to subject someone to a painful or trying experience, as a harsh interrogation

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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