spin dryern.
/spɪn ˈdrʌɪə/ A machine which removes excess water from washing by spinning it rapidly in a rotating perforated drum.
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the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry > drying by specific method > specific device
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > drying clothes by spinning in machine > machine for
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1939 Archit. Rev. 85 76/3 The laundry is all electric, and is equipped with a Rotary Washer and Spin Dryer, and Rotary Ironer, in which all the laundry of the house can be done without resort to clothes lines.
1948 Sun (Baltimore) 15 July 8 (advt.) Be among the first to see the amazing new easy spindrier with automatic spin-rinse!
1958 Observer 2 Mar. 10/3 Spin-driers liberate housewives from the effort of wringing and pegging out clothes.
1959 G. Freeman Jack would be Gentleman vi. 114 We didn't have a spin dryer like you've got, only racks in the kitchen.
1967 Spectator 30 June 758/1 A canny Scot who salvaged Vat 69 filter pads and extracted whisky from them in his spin-drier was found to have done nothing illegal.
1972 J. Aiken Died on Rainy Sunday 12 The spin-dryer whirred to a halt.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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