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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.
a1300Sarmun xxi. in E.E.P. (1862) 3 Such a wringer goþ to helle for litil gode þat nis noȝt his. 1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 206 How lost you your welth?.. Who was your welthes wringer? 1578T. Wilcocks Serm. Pawles 56 Masters detayning seruaunts wages; a roring sinne, whiche shall make the wringers houle for it. a1618Sylvester Sec. Sess. Parlt. Wks. (Grosart) II. 141 An Act against all greedy Wringers, Wrongers, Usurers, and Oppressors. 1857Dickens Dorrit ii. xxxii, You're..a screwer by deputy, a wringer, and squeezer, and a shaver by substitute.
2. a. One who presses out juice or moisture. rare—1.
1388Wyclif Isaiah xvi. 10 Y haue take awei the vois of wryngeris out [L. calcantium].
b. One who wrings clothes or the like after washing; one whose occupation consists in wringing.
1598Shakes. Merry W. i. ii. 5 There dwels..his Laundry; his Washer, and his Ringer. 1618Reyce Brev. Suffolk (1902) 22 Wringers, spinners, weavers, burlers. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. i. iii, Old Lieschen,..who was..his washer and wringer. 1881Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 59 Gun Cotton Manufacture: Beater. Dipper. Wringer.
transf.1573Harvey Letter-Bk. (Camden) 102 Her waste so laste; her fingers sutch wringers.
†3.
a. One who twists or distorts. rare—1.
1552Huloet, Wringer or wryster of a thinge out of ordre, elico.
†b. = wrester 2. Obs. rare—1.
c1560Godly & Fruteful Treatise, Wresters and wringers of thy holy scripture.
†4. One who causes pain, suffering, etc.
1602Contention betw. Liberality & Prodigality iv. ii, Thistles, and nettles most horrible stingers, Rauens, grypes, and gryphons, oh vengible wringers.
II.
†5. A crow-bar. (Cf. ringer n.1 3.) Obs.
1703[R. Neve] City & C. Purchaser 48 They..united into one intire Body, so that they are forced to get them out with Wringers (or Iron-bars).
6. a. A wringing-machine.
1799Hull Advert. 15 June 2/4 Mr. Beetham's..patent wringer. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2822/1 Palmer's Combined Wringer and Mangle. 1891Anthony's Photogr. Bull. IV. 298 Passing it between the rollers of the wringer.
b. Fig. phr. to put through the wringer and varr.: to try or test (a person or, rarely, a thing); esp. to subject to severe questioning. slang (orig. U.S.).
1942Sun (Baltimore) 20 June 15/1 With its capitalization put through the wringer through reorganization..the Erie board voted a payment of 550 cents a share. 1950T. Sterling House without Door (1951) xviii. 196 Every one of them was being blackmailed..except one woman, and she was put through the wringer another way. 1965J. Philips Twisted People iv. 56 We felt..that there had been sabotage... Everybody..was put through a wringer by the CIA. 1972L. Lamb Picture Frame xv. 133 Do you think we had better pick him up and put him through the wringer? 1977D. Francis Risk xiv. 184 If I hadn't recently been through so many wringers..I wouldn't have given it another thought. 1984Times 3 July 12/6 Not since the controversial Bishop of Durham..has an episcopal appointee been put through the wringer in this fashion.
7. A device for wringing hot fomentations before application.
1884E. C. E. Lückes Lect. Nursing vii. 135 You will require new fomentation flannels and wringers. 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 435 A good wringer is made by a strip of ticking. |