Link Centre Dictionary

wringer

wrin·ger

UK/ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)/ US/ˈrɪŋɜr/ rare

noun

1.

a clothes dryer consisting of two roles between which the wet clothes are squeezed

Origin

From Middle English wringere, equivalent to wring + -er.

Phrases

  • get one's tits in a wringer
  • put through the wringer

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.