English dictionary
ringer
/'r/I//N//@/r/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
Source: WordNet 3.0
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a person who is almost identical to another
Source: WordNet 3.0
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a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
Source: WordNet 3.0
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(horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg
Source: WordNet 3.0
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One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells.
Source: webster1913
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A horse that is not entitled to take part in a race, but is fraudulently got into it.
Source: webster1913