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ring
noun- a telephone call UK, 1900
- Give me a ring in a couple of hours. I’ll be at the office. — Mickey Spillane, My Gun is Quick, p. 100, 1950
- the anus UK, 1949
From the shape. - I’ve never liked anyone enough to want to put me entire arm up ther [sic] ring. — Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor, p. 236, 2002
- a circular area where the game of two-up takes place AUSTRALIA, 1896
- In the lantern light of the two-up ring they pitted skill against skill, luck against luck[.] — Frank Hardy, Power Without Glory, p. 334, 1950
- Then he’d make a dinkum spin and if the coins came down heads, the ringie (all ringies worked in with the nob spinners) would immediately turn the pennies over in the ring to show their tails. — Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, p. 245, 1966
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 77, 1977
- collectively, the bookmakers at a racecourse AUSTRALIA
- To deceive the ring, all sorts of rumours are circulated. — J.S. James, The Vagabond Papers, p. 130, 1877
- — Tom Ellis, The Science of Turf Investment, p. 65, 1936
- The ring had overlaid their books to a large amount on the horse. — Maurice Cavanough and Meurig Davies, Cup Day, p. 40, 1960
- — Gerald Sweeney, The Plunge, p. 3, 1981
- The leader of the ring Big Bobby Watson bore the brunt of the plunge. — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 42, 1988
- The Ring (capital “R”) is the main betting ring in the enclosure known as Tattersall’s. — David Bennet, Know Your Bets, p. 96, 2001
▶ get a ring in your nose
in horse racing, to lose all your money betting US- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 31, 1951
▶ put the ring around it
to confirm something as definite NEW ZEALAND- “It had better be good weather then,” Latty said. “You can put the ring around that,” Len said. — Vincent O’Sullivan, The Boy, the Bridge, the River, p. 130, 1978
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