My grandparents both had washers with attached mangles. I used to help her feed the laundry through them. They were called "wringers" in the US. Mangles in the US were much larger and for ironing large flat items or other items that were too unwieldy for an ironing board. Few homes had them, more common in institutions. We did have one though and I used to mangle sheets, pillow cases, and other large items. My mother was so adept at it she could mangle iron baby clothes. You had to be very careful due to the amount of heat and the size of the padded rollars (very hot and very big) due to the possibility of getting your hand caught.
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