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wringer

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wring·er

noun \ˈriŋ-ər\

Definition of WRINGER

: one that wrings: as a : a machine or device for pressing out liquid or moisture <a clothes wringer> b : something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion <his illness put them through the wringer>
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First Known Use of WRINGER

14th century

Rhymes with WRINGER

bringer, clinger, dinger, flinger, pinger, ringer, Schwinger, singer, slinger, springer, stinger, stringer, swinger, winger, zinger

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