MAYTAG

the name of a US manufacturer of clothes washers and dryers. —Freedom Congress Glossary (approved 5-9-90)

the name of a US manufacturer of clothes washers and dryers. They have a washing machine, a Maytag, outside with a wringer ... -Demonstration of High School Indoctrination (6 July 1957) a home appliance production company founded in the United States in 1909 by Frederick Louis Maytag (1857-1937) who, at the time, headed a farm equipment company. In 1911 Maytag developed a motor-driven washing machine which revolutionized the industry. Another machine produced by Maytag was the Wringer Washer, a washing machine with a wringer (a device consisting of two rollers through which something could be squeezed) on top. The wringer was used to press water out of the clothes before drying.the name of a US manufacturer of clothes washers and dryers.