Ringer
['rɪŋə] or ['rɪŋɚ]
Definition
(noun.) (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg.
(noun.) a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses.
(noun.) a person who is almost identical to another.
Edited by Lenore--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells.
(n.) A crowbar.
(n.) A horse that is not entitled to take part in a race, but is fraudulently got into it.
Checker: Neil
Examples
- The illuminated village had seized hold of the tocsin, and, abolishing the lawful ringer, rang for joy. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The ringers cracked a bell in Briarfield belfry; it is dissonant to this day. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The ringers at East Egdon were announcing the nuptials of Eustacia and her son. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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