ringers

We have found lemma(root) word of ringers : ringer.

Definitions


[ˈrɪŋə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person or thing that looks very like another
(e.g: he is a dead ringer for his late papa)

- a person or device that rings something

- a shearer with the highest tally of sheep shorn in a given period
(e.g: Paddy had established himself as the ringer of the shed)

- a stockman, especially one employed in droving
(e.g: ringers on the seven stations branded 30,057 calves)


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[ˈrɪŋə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in certain games) a ring or similar object that is tossed so as to encircle a target

- a game of marbles in which the target marbles are placed in the centre of a circular area


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definition by Oxford Dictionaries