ringer

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From ring.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'rɪŋə/

  Rhymes: -ɪŋə(r)

[edit] Noun

ringer (plural ringers)

1. Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.
   • 1863, Jean Ingelow, High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire,

     Pull, if ye never pull'd before;

     Good ringers, pull your best," quoth he.

2. In the game of horseshoes, when the horseshoe lands around the pole.
3. A person, animal, or entity which resembles another so closely as to be taken for the other. (Now usually in the phrase dead ringer)
4. (Australian) a stockman; a drover
5. A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.

[edit] Derived terms

• dead ringer