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ringer


  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ringer 
  n  1:  (informal)  a  person  who  is  almost  identical  to  another  [syn: 
  {dead  ringer}] 
  2:  a  contestant  entered  in  a  competition  under  false  pretenses 




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