Meaning of ring-in | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A replacement made at the last minute, often in a sporting context.
2. A racehorse or greyhound fraudulently substituted for another in a race.
3. An outsider.
4. A person pretending to be someone else; an imposter.

Examples

“"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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