From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwringerwring‧er /ˈrɪŋə $ -ər/ noun [countable] 1 DHCa machine with two parts that roll over each other and press on wet clothes to remove water SYN mangle2 → go through the wringer
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wringer• Washing clothes, pulling items through a wringer and hanging them outside took a full day, and ironing took another.• John McLeish, himself a forceful character, felt as if he had been put through a wringer.• Rachel suddenly felt she'd been through an emotional wringer.• With the wringer and mop they make up a mopping system.• She kept the wooden wringer in her corporate office, near her desk. 