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  2. WRINGER definition: 1. a machine used for pressing water out of clothes by putting the clothes between two heavy…. Learn more.

  3. noun. wring· er ˈriŋ-ər. : one that wrings: such as. a. : a machine or device for pressing out liquid or moisture. a clothes wringer. b. : something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion. his illness put them through the wringer.

  4. noun. 1. a person or thing that wrings. 2. an apparatus or machine for squeezing liquid out of anything wet, as two rollers through which an article of wet clothing may be squeezed.

  5. a painful, difficult, or tiring experience; ordeal: Their years-long disagreement was an emotional wringer that hurt them both deeply. a person or thing that wrings: My father is a real worrier—a wringer of hands and a pacer of floors. wringer. / ˈrɪŋə /.

  6. 1. a person or thing that wrings. 2. an apparatus for squeezing out liquid, as two rollers through which an article of wet clothing may be squeezed. Idioms: put through the wringer, to subject to a difficult or exhausting experience. [1250–1300]

  7. When describing the act of squeezing (either clothing or a person), the correct word is 'wringer.' 'Ringer' is used literally for something that rings or figuratively as in 'one that enters a competition under false representations' or 'one that strongly resembles another.'

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