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A mangle[1] is a mechanical laundry aid consisting of two rollers in a sturdy frame, connected by cogs and (in its home version) powered by a hand crank or by electricity. Mangles are used to press or flatten sheets, tablecloths, kitchen towels, or clothing and other laundry. The "wringer", a smaller lighter machine of similar appearance and ...
Police detective John Hunton investigates a fatal accident at the Blue Ribbon Laundry in which worker Adelle Frawley was killed. Frawley was somehow pulled into the laundry's speed ironing and folding machine, which the workers colloquially refer to as "the mangler." Hunton is disturbed by the sight of Frawley's grisly remains and expects that ...
Flat items, like sheets and tablecloths, usually needed no further ironing. The box mangle was a large and expensive affair and required a fair bit of labor to operate it. It was often used by very large households, commercial laundries or by self-employed mangle women [4] who served their local area. In the 19th century new designs made it ...
If you struggle with folding a fitted sheet, you're not alone: It's one of the most common "how to" chores we get asked about in the Good Housekeeping Institute Textiles Lab. While it may seem ...
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The Mangler. (film) The Mangler is a 1995 horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and written by Hooper and Harry Alan Towers (under the pseudonym of Peter Welbeck). The film is based upon the Stephen King 1972 short story of the same name, which appeared in his 1978 inaugural short story collection Night Shift. It stars Robert Englund and Ted Levine.
Laundry is hung to dry above an Italian street. A self-service laundry in Paris. Laundry in the river in Abidjan, 2006. Laundry is the washing of clothing and other textiles, [1] and, more broadly, their drying and ironing as well. Laundry has been part of history since humans began to wear clothes, so the methods by which different cultures ...
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