clothes wringer
Fabric water extractor
A clothes wringer is a device with two rollers pressed together, used to squeeze water from wet laundry before drying.
Common on washing machines before electric dryers became standard, it was operated by a hand crank or motor.
The rollers could catch fingers or loose fabric, making it genuinely dangerous—hence put through the wringer for an exhausting ordeal.
- mangleSeverely damage or distort
- laundryItems needing cleaning
- laundry roomSpace for washing clothes
- wash dayDesignated clothes-cleaning time
- squeezeFirm bilateral compression
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drying method/technology
clothes wringerspin dryer
Centrifugal moisture remover
spin cycle · tumble dryer · electric dryer · clothesline · air drying
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