mangle
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definition
verb
the car was mangled almost beyond recognition
severely mutilate, disfigure, or damage by cutting, tearing, or crushing.
press or squeeze with a mangle.
noun
At seven in the evening they broke off to run the hotel linen through the mangle .
a large machine for ironing sheets or other fabrics, usually when they are damp, using heated rollers.
example
At seven in the evening they broke off to run the hotel linen through the 'mangle' .
On washing day it was my job to wring out the washing by turning the 'mangle' for her.
The first continuous process involved squeezing a ribbon of molten glass through two hot rollers, similar to an old 'mangle' .
‘If I wasn't at school, I had to turn the handle on the 'mangle' while mum put the sheets through,’ Peter recalls.
Mum used a 'mangle' and a washboard so when the washing machine arrived it was a big moment.
And, of course, I got to remembering Monday wash days at home, clouds of steam billowing, the washboard clattering and the 'mangle' creaking, lines of gleaming white washing hanging out to dry.
The sheets were not ironed but were put through a 'mangle' - like a large wringer - which flattened them.
She does not have a TV and her washing machine is an archaic model involving rubber hoses and a handle-operated 'mangle' .
The aircraft was heavily damaged with the prop destroyed and one wing 'mangled' .
For each national-anthem 'mangler' , there was only one rendition standing between glory and defeat.
Knowingly or not, these critics are 'mangling' the facts to prove a debatable point and in the process damaging their own cause.
My resolutions, therefore, are for others, and in particular for some of the many 'manglers' of the English language.
The dais was in the form of a human whose skeleton was 'mangled' beyond recognition.
She was 'mangling' Whitney Houston songs like no one had ever done before.
For decades now, our pop stars have been sending us political messages that are less mixed than 'mangled' beyond reason.
When I got close enough to see, the front half of the car was literally 'mangled' .
I don't think she liked the way I was 'mangling' her language.
We used to have twin tubs and 'mangles' , but we don't any more.
Humphrys has now let his rage against the army of word 'manglers' off the leash.
One of the top offenders, according to critics, is the former German captain, who regularly 'mangles' his sentences.
Mr Gibson's mum would get up at five in the morning to do the washing in the communal washhouse complete with 'mangles' .
The garden also contains a vintage mechanical washing machine as well as antique ploughs, 'mangles' and bacon slicers.
At least we can say that it is not the only group creatively 'mangling' the language.
She quickly set to work, chopping vegetables into little 'mangled' bits and depositing the mess into a huge steel pot.
The smooth shell of the car was 'mangled' beyond recognition.
One has to be a certain age to remember the soggy, steamy awfulness that was the drudgery of washdays when it involved galvanised tubs, poss-sticks and 'mangles' .
Two crushed and 'mangled' pick-up trucks have been flipped on their side.
This blast was so powerful, it left storefronts 'mangled' , blew out car windows and sent metal and glass flying in all directions.
Kristy had been badly bruised, had cuts all over her body, and her armour had been 'mangled' almost beyond repair.
How do you get one of these things off without 'mangling' my daughter's clothes?
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