wringer
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- n a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed
- Harry Bridges' long nose was caught in a wringer last week.
- Since a good chunk of Apocalypto involves a wild and terrifying foot chase through the Mexican rainforest, Gibson has also put Youngblood through a brutal action-adventure wringer .
- Yet even after the Navy put him through a wringer of an inquiry, Navy men found a way to confer dignity on him.