wringer

n.
One that wrings, especially a device in which laundry is pressed between rollers to extract water.

idiom:

put (someone) through the wringer Slang.

1. To subject to a severe trial or ordeal.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a clothes dryer consisting of two roles between which the wet clothes are squeezed

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vridemaskinen

idioms:

• put through the wringer    køre gennem vridemaskinen

Nederlands (Dutch)
mangel door de mangel halen

Français (French)
n. - essoreuse

idioms:

• put through the wringer    essorer (qch) à la machine

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wringmaschine, Mangel

idioms:

• put through the wringer    durch die Mangel drehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - στυφτήρι, στραγγιστήρι

idioms:

• put through the wringer    υποβάλλω σε δοκιμασία

Italiano (Italian)
strizzatoio, estorcitore

idioms:

• put through the wringer    mettere alla prova

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aparelho torcedor (m), máquina para tirar água de roupa lavada (m)

idioms:

• put through the wringer    sujeitar a alguma coisa difícil

Русский (Russian)
вымогатель, кровопийца, пресс для отжимания белья

idioms:

• put through the wringer    жестоко обращаться (с кем-л.), вырывать признание, вымогать деньги, шантажировать, выжимать все соки

Español (Spanish)
n. - rodillo, escurridor

idioms:

• put through the wringer    pasar por una experiencia muy difícil o desagradable

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ngn som vrider, vridmaskin, utpressare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
绞扭的人, 勒索者, 绞扭机器

idioms:

• put through the wringer    使受尽磨难, 使历尽艰苦

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 絞扭的人, 勒索者, 絞扭機器

idioms:

• put through the wringer    使受盡磨難, 使歷盡艱苦

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 쥐어 짜는 사람[기계], 착취자, 쓰라린 경험

idioms:

• put through the wringer    아무를 추궁하다, 협박하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - しぼり手, 搾取者, 絞り器

idioms:

• put through the wringer    締め上げる, 脅す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) آله عصر مستنزف, مرهق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מעגילה, מכבש-כבסים‬

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hand wringer