wringer

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wringer

/ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ɪŋə(ɹ)

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From Middle English wringere, equivalent to wring + -er.

noun wringers

One who wrings. We wringers of hands don't really want a step to take! We want to continue our hand-wringing and feel hostile toward anyone who acts as if there's something simple to do about any problem.
One who uses a wringer (machine).
Similar: mangler
A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung).
Similar: mangle, mangler
figuratively Something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion; an ordeal. Reynders brushed a messy lock of orange hair out of her eyes for the dozenth time. Her body didn't change in the ADDC, actively resisted and eventually reverted any changes being consciously made to it, but in her constant state of nervous paranoia she was doing a bang-up job of making herself look

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@misc{wringer_2026,
  title = {wringer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wringer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}