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Antonyms for ringer

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ring-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪŋ ər

Definition 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).
  • noun double
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for ringer

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