: one that encircles or puts a ring around (such as a quoit or horseshoe that lodges so as to surround the peg)
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Noun (1)
no one was more surprised than the defendant when his lawyer turned out to be a ringer
he's a dead ringer for his grandfather
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Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
Nader selected a metallic knitwear set by Casablanca, which consisted of a ringer polo top and a matching miniskirt.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 5 Sep. 2024
Trending on Billboard Burnett also roped in some other Nashville ringers for the project, including Billy Strings, Larkin Poe, Lucius and Molly Tuttle.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024
This article contains spoilers from Love Is Blind season 7, episodes 1-11.
Breakups suck, but Nick Dorka was really put through the ringer when Hannah Jiles ended their relationship on Love Is Blind.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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Now that the season premiere got the introductions out of the way, SNL’s farm team of election-year ringers can actually play ball.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
Nader selected a metallic knitwear set by Casablanca, which consisted of a ringer polo top and a matching miniskirt.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 5 Sep. 2024
Trending on Billboard Burnett also roped in some other Nashville ringers for the project, including Billy Strings, Larkin Poe, Lucius and Molly Tuttle.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024
This article contains spoilers from Love Is Blind season 7, episodes 1-11.
Breakups suck, but Nick Dorka was really put through the ringer when Hannah Jiles ended their relationship on Love Is Blind.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Ringer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ringer. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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ringer
1 of 2 noun
ring·er
ˈriŋ-ər 
1
: one that sounds especially by ringing
2
a
: one that enters a competition with a false identity
b
: one that strongly resembles another
—often used with dead
a dead ringer for the senator
ringer
2 of 2 noun
: a quoit or horseshoe that falls right over a peg
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