wringer
pronunciation
How to pronounce wringer in British English:
UK [ˈrɪŋə(r)]
How to pronounce wringer in American English:
US [ˈrɪŋɚ]
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- Noun:
- a clothes dryer consisting of two roles between which the wet clothes are squeezed
Word Origin
- wringer (n.)
- "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 recorded 1942, American English.
Example
- 1. I mean , he really puts them through the wringer .
- 2. This kid 's been through the wringer .
- 3. A large cast-iron clothes wringer stood in a corner of the kichen .
- 4. Doggett 's put his tit in the wringer .
- 5. Amanda : you are really put through the wringer at your job interview .