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wringer

noun/ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)/

What It Means

One who wrings.

One who uses a wringer (machine).

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Wringer in Context

“Reynders brushed a messy lock of orange hair out of her eyes for the dozenth time. Her body didn't change in the ADDC, actively resisted and eventually reverted any changes being consciously made to it, but in her constant state of nervous paranoia she was doing a bang-up job of making herself look...”

— 2023 September 24, HarryBlank, “Working Wonders”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024

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From Middle English wringere, equivalent to wring + -er.

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