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Synonyms for ringer
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ring-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪŋ ər |
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Définition of ringer
Origin :- early 15c., "one who rings" (a bell), agent noun from ring (v.1). In quoits (and by extension, horseshoes) from 1863, from ring (v.2). Especially in be a dead ringer for "resemble closely," 1891, from ringer, a fast horse entered fraudulently in a race in place of a slow one (the verb to ring in this sense is attested from 1812), possibly from British ring in "substitute, exchange," via ring the changes, "substitute counterfeit money for good," a pun on ring the changes in the sense of play the regular series of variations in a peal of bells (1610s). Meaning "expert" is first recorded 1918, Australian slang, from earlier meaning "man who shears the most sheep per day" (1871).
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- His ringer pointed to the last five words under the bar of music.
- Extract from : « Mary Ware's Promised Land » by Annie Fellows Johnston
- If the ringer was late the prentice boys reminded him pretty plainly.
- Extract from : « The History of London » by Walter Besant
- He knew that he had only to hold up his ringer and say, “Watch, Moses!”
- Extract from : « Our Frank » by Amy Walton
- Let them study the words “ringer” , “linger” , and “ginger” .
- Extract from : « Assimilative Memory » by Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
- Mrs. Stanton, but you are so confounded clever you might run in a "ringer."
- Extract from : « Kentucky in American Letters, v. 2 of 2 » by John Wilson Townsend
- He's the only shearer we have, so we tell him he's the ringer of the shed.
- Extract from : « An Outback Marriage » by Andrew Barton Paterson
- We presume that depended, to some extent, on the fancy of the ringer.
- Extract from : « Select Poems of Thomas Gray » by Thomas Gray
- This is called a "ringer" and counts ten, but it is a rare shot.
- Extract from : « What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes » by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- Suddenly a guy in the crowd yells out: 'That feller's a 'ringer.'
- Extract from : « Bert Wilson in the Rockies » by J. W. Duffield
- "If he wins we'll know he's a ringer," Joe replied complacently.
- Extract from : « The Pride of Palomar » by Peter B. Kyne
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