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noun • clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers verb • press with a mangle • injure badly by beating • alter so as to make unrecognizable • damage or injure severely | ||||||||
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noun • rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton • the destruction or collapse of something • an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims • a support for displaying ot holding various articles • a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body • a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately verb • go at a rack • stretch to the limits • put on a rack and pinion • obtain by coercion or intimidation • run before a gale • fly in high wind • draw off from the lees • torment emotionally or mentally • work on a rack • seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block • place in a rack • torture on the rack | ||||||||
Wringer Make A Mess Of Crossword Clue
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MANGLE which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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MANGLE
Updated: October 13, 2023
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