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Meanings of ringer in English

A person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)

A person who is almost identical to another.

Ringing permit holder.

Usage of ringer in English
1
Go to your friends; they are expecting you in the bell-ringer's tower.
The Shadow of the Cathedral
2
He raised his hand, gazing at the gold ring on his ringer.
The nomad
3
On the other hand, the bell-ringer was far more loquacious than usual.
The Shadow of the Cathedral
4
The Indian bell-ringer rings them by a rope fastened to each clapper.
Stories of California
5
But the Logrus would detect the ringer's projected energies in no time.
The Great Book of Amber
6
While the bell-ringer's wife finished setting the table, Durtal examined the newcomer.
Là-bas
7
An interesting feature of this Dean harmonic ringer is the gong adjustment.
Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 1 / A General Refer...
8
Chastain brought in a ringer, to show me a few more things.
Wired
9
I'd turned the phone ringer off when I'd gone to bed exhausted.
Dead to the world
10
In fact, seeing you in the fleshwow, it's you... a dead ringer.
The President's Assassin
11
You'd have been a ringer for it if you'd had a shave.
Angel Island
12
To-morrow'll be a bell ringer too, from the looks of that portage.
The Enchanted Canyon
13
He slept a lot, with the ringer on the phone turned off.
All the pretty dead girls
14
At dinner I'd turned off the ringer and never switched it back.
Back on murder
15
My mother's baby sister Pressie is a dead ringer for Eartha Kitt.
Black is the new white
16
The ringer on a cell phone puts out a decent little voltage.
Nothing to lose
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United States of America
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