wringer in English
- wringer⇄expr. put through the wringer, (Informal.) to put through an ordeal; subject to severe stresses.
Ex. Students asking for loans are really put through the wringer (Wall Street Journal). - wringer⇄wringer, noun.
1. a machine for squeezing water from clothes.
2. a person who wrings clothes or the like after washing.
3. a person or thing that wrings.