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Ringer   Listen
noun
Ringer  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells.
2.
(Mining) A crowbar.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Ringer" Quotes from Famous Books



... learned to toddle, Soldier since he got his growth, Knows the Spaniard and the savage, For he's fought and licked 'em both, Not much figure in the ball room, Not much hand at breaking hearts, Rotten ringer for Apollo, But right thing when something starts; Just a bunch of brains and muscles, But you always feel somehow That he'll get what he goes after, When he mixes ...
— Rhymes of the Rookies • W. E. Christian
... of Bells; Let them fall gradually from a set Peal, checking them only at Sally, till the low Compass renders it useless; and when so low, that for want of Compass, they can scarce strike at Back-stroak; then let the Treble-Ringer stamp, as a Signal, to notify, that the next time they come to strike at the Fore-stroke, to check them down, to hinder their striking the Back-stroke; yet Fore-stroke continued, till brought to a neat and gracefull Chime, which may be the Finis ...
— The School of Recreation (1684 edition) • Robert Howlett
... kid. Take my advice—it's good. You've got the making of a first-class ringer in you. Don't waste your ability in that humdrum town ...
— Andy the Acrobat • Peter T. Harkness


Words linked to "Ringer" :   throw, quoits, horseshoes, double, toller, colloquialism, fraud, impostor, sham, signaller, dead ringer, clone, Ringer's solution, imposter, faker, ring, image, fake, look-alike, shammer, pseud, Ringer solution, bell ringer, pseudo, pretender, signaler


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