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ringer noun [ ˈrɪŋə ]

• a person or thing that looks very like another.
• "he is a dead ringer for his late papa"
• a person or device that rings something.
• a shearer with the highest tally of sheep shorn in a given period.
• "Paddy had established himself as the ringer of the shed"
• a stockman, especially one employed in droving.
• "ringers on the seven stations branded 30,057 calves"

ringer noun

• (in certain games) a ring or similar object that is tossed so as to encircle a target.
• a game of marbles in which the target marbles are placed in the centre of a circular area.


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