Ringer - Definition

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Ringer is a term with several meanings:

In colloquial English language, it refers to a specialist who is clandestinely brought into a group or team to bolster its capabilities. (See the original M*A*S*H movie, in which the character, Capt. Oliver Harmon 'Spearchucker' Jones played by Fred Williamson, a former professional American football player, is used as the secret weapon: He is described several times as the 'ringer'.)
In Australian English vernacular and folklore, the speed-shearer in the wool shed is the ringer. (See the Australian song, 'Clich go the Shears' (http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/shearing.htm).)
In Tolkien fandom, a ringer is a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien novels and characters.

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