Definitions for wringers

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wringers wring·er

Spelling: [ring-er]

IPA: /ˈrɪŋ ər/

Wringers is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 186 anagrams from letters in wringers (eginrrsw).

Definitions for wringers

noun

1. a person or thing that wrings.
2. an apparatus or machine for squeezing liquid out of anything wet, as two rollers through which an article of wet clothing may be squeezed.
3. a painful, difficult, or tiring experience; ordeal (usually preceded by through the):

Origin of wringers

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at wring, -er¹

Examples for wringers

But then again, he would probably not want to go through the wringer a second time.

Judging from his looks, he might have been run through a wringer.

I was angry that good people were run through the wringer of a corrupt, unforgiving system.

Get a strong barrel and a pounder—such as used by washerwomen; also a wringer.

But close—say, that man's so close he puts every copper through the wringer.

Have a cup of coffee; you sure look as though you've been through a wringer.

Thus, the clothes are wrung as dry as in a wringer of the roller type.

Never leave a wringer with the pressure on the rollers when not in use.

He degraded her and he really put her through the wringer, but she survived that and stayed with him anyway.

Also, your garments are as wrinkled as though you'd been put through a wringer.