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单词 ring-in
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Definition of ring-in in English:

ring-in

noun
Australian, NZ
  • 1A horse or an athlete fraudulently substituted for another in a competition or event.

    a horse that had been racing as a ring-in
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You'd get ring-ins like grade players and boxers.
    • Like every racecourse, there were fixers, riggers, ring-ins, commentators, punters, triers, chancers, long-shots, favourites, colourful racing identities, union bosses and plenty of crooks.
    1. 1.1 A person or thing that is not a genuine member of a group or set.
      are you a fair dinkum pom or a ring-in?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It looked the business anyway - you'd have no idea it had been thrown together over a frenetic weekend by a bunch of enthusiasts and ring-ins.
      • Conscious that I was possibly a ring-in, an inauthentic reader, not ‘general’ enough, the question of audience kept niggling at the back of my mind as I read McClanahan's guide.
      • What I wasn't aware of was that he was also a first gamer playing as a ring-in, and he had no idea who he was supposed to be.
      • Our soldier was a ring-in, one of the show fighters playing the part of the local.
      • I even played a few songs in a band so I could feel like less of a ring-in!
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