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wringer (ˈrɪŋə(r)) Also 6–7 ringer. [f. prec. + -er1. Cf. OHG. ringari (MHG., G. ringer) wrestler.] I. 1. An exactor, extortioner; an oppressor.a 1300 Sarmun xxi. in E.E.P. (1862) 3 Such a wringer goþ to helle for litil gode þat nis noȝt his. 1562 J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 206 How lost you yo...
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Wringer (novel)
Wringer is a young adult novel by Jerry Spinelli, first published in 1996 by HarperTeen. It received the Newbery Honor in 1997. Reception
Wringer was praised by critics for its ability to address deep issues for middle schoolers, as did its precursor, Maniac Magee.
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'Wringer' or 'Ringer'? - Merriam-Webster
The word also has a figurative meaning ("something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion"), which has eclipsed the laundering sense. The idiom through the wringer refers to having been through a series of very difficult or unpleasant experiences. This idiom came about in the early 20th century, and in initial use the experience it ...
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Through the Wringer: Laundry in the Late 19th Century
Washing clothes is a common, everyday task, and modern washing machines and dryers have made this chore much quicker. With the aid of the Trade Literature Collection, let's go back to the late 19th Century for a small glimpse into the types of machines they used for laundry back then.. This trade catalog is entitled Washing Machines, Wringers, Mangling Machines, Drying Closets Catalogue No ...
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wringer
wringer/ˈrɪŋə(r); `rɪŋɚ/ ndevice with a pair of rollers between which washed clothes, etc are passed so that water is squeezed out 绞衣机(绞乾衣物中的水用的). Cf 参看 mangle2.
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Put though the wringer vs put through the ringer - GRAMMARIST
The idiom put through the wringer comes from the process of washing clothes and using a wringer to squeeze out water. While it appeared sometime after the turn of the twentieth century, the popularity of the idiom peaked in the 1940s. The phrase put through the ringer is an eggcorn, which is a misheard word or phrase that retains the original ...
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Wringer (disambiguation)
A wringer is a mechanical laundry aid (also known as a mangle). Wringer may also refer to:
Wringer (magic trick), a stage magic trick
Wringer (novel), a Newbery Honor–winning 1998 novel
Wringer bucket, a device
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Eighteen Dollars for Her Patent: Ellen Elgin and the Story of the ...
In August 1888, Ellen Elgin, a black woman housekeeper, invented a clothes wringer which allowed clothing to be washed and dried faster by feeding clothes through two rollers to wring out the ...
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Wringer (magic trick)
The Wringer (also "wringer box illusion" or "mangle box") is a stage magic trick.
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through the wringer
through the wringerexperiencing something very difficult or unpleasant. Our tech people have been putting the new servers through the wringer. Mr. Gold went through the wringer to get immigration papers for his parents. Usage notes: usually used with put or go, as in the examplesEtymology: based on ...
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The Wringer
"The Wringer" is the seventeenth episode of the third series of the 1960s British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
Peter Sallis as Hal Anderson
Paul Whitsun-Jones as Charles
Barry Letts as Oliver
Gerald Sim as Lovell
Terence Lodge as The Wringer
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put through the wringer
put through the wringerput (someone) through the wringerto make someone have a very difficult or unpleasant experience. They really put me through the wringer in my interview.
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go through the wringer
go through the wringerput (someone) through the wringer - to make someone have a very difficult or unpleasant experience. I went through the wringer to get my first film part.
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Daughter (album)
Track listing
All songs written by Lydia Loveless
"Dead Writer"– 4:16
"Love Is Not Enough"– 3:20
"Wringer"– 3:23
"Can’t Think"– 4:40
"Say My Name"– 4:32 ", piano on "Dead Writer"; pedal steel guitar on "Dead Writer" and "Wringer"; arrangement
Laura Jane Grace– backing vocals on "September"
George Hondroulis
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put someone through the wringer
put someone through the wringerput (someone) through the wringerto make someone have a very difficult or unpleasant experience. They really put me through the wringer in my interview.
Cambridge English Idioms Dictionary
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