Ringer (EP)
WordNet
noun
(1) (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg
(2) A contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
(3) A person who is almost identical to another
(4) A person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.
- 1863, Jean Ingelow, High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire,
- Pull, if ye never pull'd before;
- Good ringers, pull your best," quoth he.
- 1863, Jean Ingelow, High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire,
Noun
- A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.
- A person, animal, or entity which resembles another so closely as to be taken for the other. (Now usually in the phrase dead ringer)