tumble dryer

British

noun

Also called: tumbler dryer. tumbler. a machine that dries wet laundry by rotating it in warmed air inside a metal drum

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Chelsea and Scotland forward Erin Cuthbert speaks to BBC Sport's Emma Sanders about the importance of being "direct" that she says she learned from former coach Emma Hayes and recalls the time her mother educated her about how to use the tumble dryer.

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The school run was over and laundry was in the tumble dryer.

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She walked towards it and eventually found smoke billowing out of the tumble dryer.

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And Chagger has personal experience of tumble dryer fires.

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Some years ago, a fire alarm went off in his own home – in a room where his tumble dryer was operating.

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