mangle

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc.
  2. Verb.  (transitive, archaic) To wring laundry.
  3. Noun.  A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
  4. Noun.  The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.

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