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Topic: CLEANING

Date: 1600-1700
Language: Middle Dutch
Origin: mangel, from Middle High German mange 'mangle, military weapon for throwing rocks'

mangle

2 noun
     
mangle2 [countable]
DHC a machine used in former times to remove water from washed clothes by pressing them between two rollers
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