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How to pronounce ringer in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms clone, dead ringer
Type of look-alike, image, double
Type Words
Synonyms bell ringer, toller
Type of signaler, signaller
Derivation ring
Type Words
Type of pseud, shammer, fake, faker, fraud, sham, role player, imposter, impostor, pseudo, pretender
Type Words
Type of throw

Examples of ringer

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Imagine a Salvation Army bell ringer camped out in your head every day, all day.
From the sacbee.com
Although the other flight attendants knew I was a ringer, the passengers didn't.
From the dispatch.com
Fuchsoid's recipe is a dead ringer for that of my Scottish grandmother-in-law's.
From the guardian.co.uk
Unlike last season, he won't do so as the lone ringer among the support troops.
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It sells for $19 and is available in white, black, sky blue, ladies, ringer, etc.
From the freep.com
With his black top hat, suit and cape, Knight is a dead ringer for Count Dracula.
From the businessweek.com
Aside from its herbed salad, the entree was a ringer for General Tso's chicken.
From the washingtonpost.com
Ringer gets a smattering of carries when the Titans want to give Johnson a break.
From the denverpost.com
Setting up the various options such as ringtones and ringer volume is a breeze.
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More examples
  • Toller: a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
  • A person who is almost identical to another
  • A contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
  • (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg
  • Ringer is the name of two comic book supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe.
  • Ringer is an EP by Kieran Hebden under the name Four Tet. It was released on 21 April 2008 in the UK, and is Hebden's first major release of original solo material since 2005's Everything Ecstatic Part 2.
  • The Ringer is a 1931 British crime film directed by Walter Forde and starring Patrick Curwen, Esmond Knight, John Longden and Carol Goodner. Scotland Yard detectives hunt for a dangerous criminal who has recently returned to England. ...
  • The Ringer is a 1952 British mystery film directed by Guy Hamilton and starring Herbert Lom, Denholm Elliot, William Hartnell and Mai Zetterling.
  • The Ringer is a 2005 comedy starring Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl, and Brian Cox with cameos by Terry Funk and Jesse Ventura. It is produced by the Farrelly Brothers and was released on December 23, 2005 by Fox Searchlight.