Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ringer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ringer \Ring"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings
chimes on bells.
2. (Mining) A crowbar. --Simmonds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ringer \Ring"er\, n. (Horse Racing)
A horse that is not entitled to take part in a race, but is
fraudulently got into it.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ringer
n 1: a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the
congregation) [syn: {toller}, {bell ringer}]
2: (informal) a person who is almost identical to another [syn:
{dead ringer}]
3: a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
4: (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so
as to encircle a stake or peg
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