spin-drier, -dryer
(spɪnˈdraɪə(r))
Also without hyphen and as two words.
[f. spin-dry v.: cf. drier, dryer.]
A machine which removes excess water from washing by spinning it rapidly in a rotating perforated drum.
| 1939 Archit. Rev. LXXXV. 76/3 The laundry is all electric, and is equipped with a Rotary Washer and Spin Dryer, and Rotary Ironer, in which all the laundry of the house can be done without resort to clothes lines. 1948 Sun (Baltimore) 15 July 8 (Advt.), Be among the first to see the amazing new easy spindrier with automatic spin-rinse! 1958 Observer 2 Mar. 10/3 Spin-driers liberate housewives from the effort of wringing and pegging out clothes. 1959 G. Freeman Jack would be Gentleman vi. 114 We didn't have a spin dryer like you've got, only racks in the kitchen. 1967 Spectator 30 June 758/1 A canny Scot who salvaged Vat 69 filter pads and extracted whisky from them in his spin-drier was found to have done nothing illegal. 1972 J. Aiken Died on Rainy Sunday 12 The spin-dryer whirred to a halt. |