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noun

One exactly resembling another: double, duplicate, image, picture, portrait, spitting image. See same/different/compare.

1. ringer
   noun, Austral
   
   1: Someone who excels at an activity, etc.; an expert. (1848 —) .
   
   2: Austral and NZ The fastest shearer in a shed. (1871 —) .
   T. Wood He can shear a hundred a day; a hundred and twenty, a hundred and fifty; two hundred—even three hundred and twenty, at times, if he is a Ringer—that is the quickest of the team (1934).
   
   [From Brit dialect ringer anything supremely good.]
2. ringer
   noun, orig US
   
   1: A horse, player, etc. fraudulently substituted in a competition to boost the chances of winning. (1890 —) .
   Times The Crown claimed that the horse had been switched and that the winner was in fact a 'ringer', a more successful stablemate called Cobblers March (1980).
   
   2: to be a (dead) ringer for (or of) orig US To be an exact likeness or counterpart of. (1891 —) .
   
   3: US An outsider or intruder; an imposter, esp. in a political or other group. (1896 —) .
   
   4: A false registration plate on a stolen vehicle; someone who uses these. (1962 —) .
   P. Laurie All the ringer has to do is buy a [car] key, come along as innocent as pie, open the door and drive off to wherever he does his ringing (1970).
   
   [From ring¹ verb.]

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• General Sports Terminology
• Falsehood, Pretense, and Exaggeration - ringer: impostor, esp. one entering competition under false pretense

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - en, der deltager i sport under falske forudsætninger

2.
n. - særlig hurtig fåreklipper

Nederlands (Dutch)
klokkenluider

Français (French)
1.
n. - (US) imposteur, athlète/cheval (remplacé frauduleusement lors d'une compétition)

2.
n. - tondeur (détenteur du record de moutons tondus au cours de l'année)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - ein Pferd oder Athlet, der betrügerisch in einem Spiel als Ersatz benutzt wird

2.
n. - Schafscherer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κωδωνοκρούστης, σωσίας, πιστό αντίγραφο

Italiano (Italian)
campanaro, anello di ferro, sosia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - botão da campainha (m)

Русский (Russian)
двойник, самозванец, колокольщик

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - atleta o caballo que es sustituído en forma fraudulenta en una competición o evento

2.
n. - el mejor esquilador, campeón de esquila

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ringare, dubbelgångare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 投环者, 能手, 环圈, 牧场工人

2. 打铃人, 作伪者, 发铃声的东西

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 投環者, 能手, 環圈, 牧場工人

2.
n. - 打鈴人, 作偽者, 發鈴聲的東西

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 부정 출장 선수, 가짜 번호판, 종을 울리는 사람

2.
n. - 양털 깎는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 鐘を鳴らす人, 替え玉選手, そっくりな人, 替え玉

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المشترك في مسايقه بشكل غير شرعي, العظيم البراعه في شى ما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פעמונר, רמאי, כפיל, מתחזה לאדם אחר‬
n. - ‮פועל בחוות בקר, גוזז צמר מומחה‬

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