wringer

Plural: wringers

Noun

• A device used for squeezing liquid out of something.
• a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed
• One who wrings.
• One who wrings.
• One who uses a wringer (machine).
• A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung).
• Something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion; an ordeal.

Examples

• Getting a rack of all vowels in Words With Friends really puts a player through the wringer.

Synonyms

mangle, mangler