Wringer

Definitions

1. One who wrings.
2. One who uses a wringer (machine).
3. A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung).
4. Something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion; an ordeal.
   figuratively

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Examples

“We wringers of hands don't really want⟳ a step to take⟳! We want⟳ to continue⟳ our hand-wringing and feel⟳ hostile toward anyone who acts as if there's something simple to do about any problem.”

“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⟳ like⟳ she'd been through several sequential wringers. "I know⟳ there's a better way to describe⟳ this, but it's very hard to focus⟳. Bear⟳ with it. I hate⟳ being like⟳ this a lot more than you hate⟳ hearing it, trust⟳ me."”

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