wringers
Clothes water removers
Wringers are devices that squeeze water from wet fabric, historically a pair of rollers through which laundry was fed.
The expression put through the wringer means to subject someone to a grueling ordeal—from the image of being squeezed and flattened like wet cloth.
The cross-examination really put her through the wringer.
Severely damage or distort
- washboardRidged laundry surface
- clotheslineCord for air-drying laundry
- tubOpen washing basin
- basinConcave water receptacle
soak · rinse · agitate · suds · lather · rollers · crank · washtub
mangle
Severely damage or distort
- washboardRidged laundry surface
- clotheslineCord for air-drying laundry
- tubOpen washing basin
basin · soak · rinse · agitate · suds · lather · rollers · crank · washtub · scrub
squeeze
Firm bilateral compression
extract · liquid · moisture · juice · pulp · sap · cloth · sponge · mop · towel
exhaustion
State of utter depletion
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- gruelingExtremely tiring and demanding
- demandingRequiring great effort
draining · taxing · stressful · harrowing · punishing · tough · rigorous · arduous · testing · challenging
wringersspin dryers
Appliances removing water by rotation
tumble dryers · centrifuges · spinners · evaporators · dehydrators
wringerssoakers
Prolonged heavy rainfalls
humidifiers · sprayers · dampeners · irrigators · misters
- put through the wringerHarshly tested or questioned
- putting through the wringerSubjecting to intense pressure
- clothes wringerRoller press for wet fabric
- wringer washerLaundry device with squeeze rollers