Ol' Clothes Wringer

[mariok54]

I've been trying to find out when the word mangle was first used as a wringer, Wikipedia isn't much help, but does suggest one is predominantly used in the UK and the other the US, but it also does give quite a nice short history....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangle_(machine)

I've scoured my old Victorian dictionaries and all of them define a mangle as a 'press' or for 'cutting', so I think it must have been a 20th c usage..

[talesofthesevenseas]

I'm in luck, whatever the previous owner used to darken the lettering on the wringer, it washed right off with water, dish soap and a bit of scrubbing, followed by some mineral oil.

[hosman321]

So much better tales! Glad it wasn't permanent marker.