wringer
Vintage clothes dryer
A wringer is a device with two rollers pressed together, used to squeeze water from wet laundry by passing fabric between them.
Before electric dryers, wringers were standard equipment on washing machines.
The phrase put through the wringer means to subject someone to a grueling experience—an ordeal that leaves them wrung out: The divorce really put him through the wringer.
Apply force downward
- compressReduce volume by force
- crushCompress with force
- squeezeFirm bilateral compression
- twistRotating motion or surprise
extract · rollers · mangle · clamp · flatten · knead · squeezer · compressor
Severely damage or distort
- clotheslineCord for air-drying laundry
- washboardRidged laundry surface
- tubOpen washing basin
- basinConcave water receptacle
rinse · handwash · suds · soak · detergent · fabric · starch · clothespin
press
Apply force downward
twist · extract · rollers · mangle · clamp · flatten · knead · squeezer · compressor · vice
mangle
Severely damage or distort
- clotheslineCord for air-drying laundry
- washboardRidged laundry surface
- tubOpen washing basin
basin · rinse · handwash · suds · soak · detergent · fabric · starch · clothespin · bleach
trial
Judicial examination of claims
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- gruelingExtremely tiring and demanding
punishing · exhausting · taxing · demanding · rigorous · brutal · suffering · stress · pressure · anguish
gauntlet
Protective armored handwear
grilled · interrogation · scrutiny · ordeal
- Vintage Householdicebox, washboard, butter churn, coal stove, wood stove
- antique toolsadze, awl, brace, chisel, drawknife
- folk toolsadze, awl, hoe, rake, scythe
- hand-cranked toolsmeat grinder, coffee grinder, coffee mill, pepper mill, butter churn
- mop accessoriesmop bucket, mop head, mop handle
- mop bucket partspail
wringerspin cycle
Washer's centrifugal drying stage
tumble dryer · spin dryer · spinner · clothesline · air drying
wringercakewalk
Effortless task or promenade
breeze · walk in the park · smooth sailing · picnic · easy ride
- wring outTwist to extract liquid
- wringing outTwisting to extract liquid
- hand wringingDemonstrative show of worry
- put through the wringerHarshly tested or questioned
- putting through the wringerSubjecting to intense pressure
- wringing wetThoroughly saturated with water