Wringer
['rɪŋə] or ['rɪŋɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed.
Editor: Matt--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, wrings; hence, an extortioner.
(n.) A machine for pressing water out of anything, particularly from clothes after they have been washed.
Inputed by Edna
Examples
- You're a driver in disguise, a screwer by deputy, a wringer, and squeezer, and shaver by substitute. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- In the kitchen, the washing machine, the churn, the cheese press, ironing machine, wringer, the rat trap, and fruit jar. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Inputed by Josiah