wringer
[ ring-er ]
/ ˈrɪŋ ər /
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noun
a person or thing that wrings.
an apparatus or machine for squeezing liquid out of anything wet, as two rollers through which an article of wet clothing may be squeezed.
a painful, difficult, or tiring experience; ordeal (usually preceded by through the): His child's illness really put him through the wringer.
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wringer
see under put through (the wringer).
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