ringer
- Noun. Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.
- Noun. In the game of horseshoes, when the horseshoe lands around the pole.
- Noun. (uncountable) A game of marbles where players attempt to knock each other's marbles out of a ring drawn on the ground.
- Noun. A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.
- Noun. A person, animal, or entity which resembles another so closely as to be taken for the other. (Now usually in the phrase dead ringer).
- Noun. A person with orange or red hair, often used as an insult.
- Noun. (UK, dialect) A top performer.
- Noun. (Australia) A stockman; a drover.
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