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2. Mangle (machine) - Wikipedia

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   Gradually, the electric washing machine's spin cycle rendered this use of a mangle obsolete, and with it the need to wring out water from clothes mechanically. Box mangles were large and primarily intended for pressing laundry smooth; they were used by wealthy households, large commercial laundries, and self-employed "mangle women". Middle ...

3. Washboard (laundry) - Wikipedia

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   Woman on an Israeli kibbutz using a washboard to do laundry. A washboard or a scrubbing-board [1] is a tool designed for hand washing clothing. With mechanized cleaning of clothing becoming more common by the end of the 20th century, the washboard has become better known for its secondary use as a musical instrument.

4. Clothespin - Wikipedia

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   A clothespin (US English) or clothes peg (UK English) is a fastener used to hang up clothes for drying, usually on a clothes line. Clothespins come in many different designs. Clothespins come in many different designs.

5. Overhead clothes airer - Wikipedia

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   Modern hanging clothes horse with pulley system. An overhead clothes airer, also known variously as a ceiling clothes airer, laundry airer, pulley airer, laundry rack, or laundry pulley, is a ceiling-mounted mechanism to dry clothes. It is also known as, in the North of England, a creel and in Scotland, a pulley.

6. Clothes dryer - Wikipedia

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   An American style clothes dryer with a rear control panel A European style clothes dryer with a front control panel. A clothes dryer (tumble dryer, drying machine, or simply dryer) is a powered household appliance that is used to remove moisture from a load of clothing, bedding and other textiles, usually after they are washed in the washing machine.

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9. Open-end spinning - Wikipedia

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   The principle behind open-end spinning is similar to that of a clothes dryer spinning full of sheets. If you could open the door and pull out a sheet, it would spin together as you pulled it out. Sliver from the card goes into the rotor, is spun into yarn and comes out, wrapped up on a bobbin, all ready to go to the next step. There is no ...