Definition of "ringer"
- noun
Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.
In the game of horseshoes, the event of the horseshoe landing around the pole.
A game of marbles where players attempt to knock each other's marbles out of a ring drawn on the ground.
A horse fraudently entered in a race using the name of another horse.
A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.
A person, animal, or entity which resembles another so closely as to be taken for the other; now usually in the phrase dead ringer.
A top performer.
The champion shearer of a shearing shed.
A stockman, a cowboy.
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