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wringer(dictionary)

wringer (iou)



wringer noun. ME.
[from WRING verb + -ER1.]
An extortioner; an oppressor. ME.
A person who wrings clothes after washing, esp. as an occupation. L16.
b. A machine for wringing water from washed clothes; a mangle. L18.
put through the wringer slang (orig. US) subject (a person) to a taxing experience, esp. by severe interrogation.