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ring taw

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ring taw

 
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–noun Marbles.
ringer 1 (def. 4).
Origin:
1820–30

ring⋅er

1  [ring-er]
–noun
1. a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
2. a quoit or horseshoe so thrown as to encircle the peg.
3. the throw itself.
4. Also, ringers. Also called ring taw. Marbles. a game in which players place marbles in a cross marked in the center of a circle, the object being to knock as many marbles as possible outside the circle by using another marble shooter.
5. Australian. a highly skilled sheep shearer.
Origin:
1815–25; ring 1 + -er 1
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(dead) ringer (for (so))

  1. n.
    someone who is an exact duplicate of someone else. (Here dead means absolute. See also ringer.) : You are sure a dead ringer for my brother.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

ringer 
especially be a dead ringer for "resemble closely," 1891, from ringer, a fast horse entered fraudulently in a race in place of a slow one (the verb to ring in this sense is attested from 1812), possibly from British ring in "substitute, exchange," via ring the changes, "substitute counterfeit money for good," a pun on ring the changes in the sense of play the regular series of variations in a peal of bells (1614). Meaning "expert" is first recorded 1918, Australian slang, from earlier meaning "man who shears the most sheep per day" (1871).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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