ˈriŋə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: wring (I) + -er
1. : a worker who removes excess moisture from articles (as textiles, clothing, tobacco leaves, or leather) by wringing between rollers or in a centrifugal extractor
2. : a machine or device for pressing out liquid or moisture
clothes wringer
mop wringer
3. : an event, experience, or process that causes pain, hardship, or exhaustion — used in the phrase through the wringer
workers, who have already undergone two loyalty or security investigations … must go through the wringer a third time — Elmer Davis