Wringer (Noun)
Meaning
A clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- She hung the washing on the line, having put the thicker items through the wringer first.
- After running the washing through the wringer, she hung it all up to dry.
- In those days, washing machines often had a built-in wringer that got a lot of use.
- Her grandmother still used a hand-cranked wringer to squeeze the water out of her clothes.
- The wringer on her old washing machine was very effective at getting rid of excess water.