wringer

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ)

wringer (plural wringers)

1. One who wrings.
   • 2000, Marlene Evans, Redbirds and Rubies and Rainbows, page 33:

     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.

2. A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung); a mangle.
3. (figurative) Something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion; an ordeal.

• get one's tits in a wringer
• put through the wringer