ringer vs wringer :

ringer vs wringer

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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Definitions
  ringer
  • n  a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
  • n  a person who is almost identical to another
  • n  a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
  • n  (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg
  wringer
  • n  a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed
News & Articles
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  • Liveblogging That Joe Posnanski Column About Hockey
    5:50.27 p.m.: " HOCKEY: A WRINGER OF EMOTIONS LIKE NO OTHER " 5:50.29 p.m. : "The fast-paced, emotional game on ice captivates unlike any other team sport" 5:50.34 p.m.: THE BIG READ BY JOE POSNANSKI NBCSports.com updated 3:24 p.m. ET June 7, 2013 LOS ANGELES - " People’s reaction to opera the first time they see it is very dramatic. They either love it or they hate it. If they love it, they ...
    June 7, 2013 - Deadspin
  • Liveblogging That Joe Posnanski Column About Hockey
    5:50.27 p.m.: " HOCKEY: A WRINGER OF EMOTIONS LIKE NO OTHER " 5:50.29 p.m. : "The fast-paced, emotional game on ice captivates unlike any other team sport" 5:50.34 p.m.: THE BIG READ BY JOE POSNANSKI NBCSports.com updated 3:24 p.m. ET June 7, 2013 LOS ANGELES - " People’s reaction to opera the first time they see it is very dramatic. They either love it or they hate it. If they love it, they ...
    June 7, 2013 - Deadspin