ring-in

See also: ring in and ringin'

English

Noun

ring-in (plural ring-ins)

  1. A replacement made at the last minute, usually in a sporting context.
  2. An outsider.
    • 1967, Elspeth Huxley, Their Shining Eldorado: A Journey through Australia, page 97:
      "But I couldn't get into an underground contract party because I'm a ring-tail, or ring-in." That means an outsider, one not born in Broken Hill.

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