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noun

a device that extracts water from clothes, linen, etc, by spinning them in a perforated drum

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Words nearby spin-dryer

spindling, spindly, spin doctor, spindrift, spin-dry, spin-dryer, spine, spinebash, spine-bashing, spine-chiller, spine-chilling

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How to use spin-dryer in a sentence

The effort to sterilize his image first began when Epstein hired Los Angeles-based spin doctors Sitrick Co.
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Although he brings a Western spin to things, he seems equally inspired by the local sense of style.
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Spin control began, Florida-style: the opinion only covers some counties, some people, some times.
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David Greenberg at Rutgers University has a book coming out next year on political spin.
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Aaron Paul may play a young Han Solo in the first Star Wars spin-off.
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You can probably realize just how headquarters would take the sort of yarn we'd spin if we dashed in and told them the truth.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
"Let us go down the shore a bit," suggested Jack to Pepper and Andy, and the three joined hands for the spin.
The Mystery at Putnam Hall|Arthur M. Winfield
The women of the interior spin and weave for their household, and they also embroider very beautifully.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
Neither of us had the advantage for the moment, so I went in for a quick wristlock and spin.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
It was as if she could spin it out by interposing between the moment and its end a series of insignificant acts.
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