
ringer or wringer
A ringer is a person or a device that makes something ring. You have a ringer on your phone, and a person can be a bell-ringer.
Wringer is a device that removes water from wet clothes or other things. Old-fashioned washing machines had a wringer before there was a built-in centrifuge. The expression “Put through the wringer” means to go through some very tough or difficult circumstances.
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