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noun 
  1. In the game of horseshoes, when the horseshoe lands around the pole.
  2. A person, animal, or entity which resembles another so closely as to be taken for the other. (Now usually in the phrase dead ringer)
  3. (Australian) a stockman; a drover
  4. A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.
Etymology: From ring.


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