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ˈring-ˌman
[f. ring n.1]
1. The ring-finger. Obs. exc. dial.
1483Cath. Angl. 309/1 Þe Rynge man fyngur, anularis, medicus. 1545R. Ascham Toxoph. (Arb.) 109 Whan a man shooteth, the might of his shoote lyethe on the formooste fynger, and on the Ringman. 1879Dickinson Cumberld. Gloss. Suppl., Fingers, the nursery names for these are, humpkin, lick pot, lang man, ring man.
2. A sporting man; a bookmaker.
1857G. Lawrence Guy Liv. iv, The ‘glorious uncertainty’ which backers of horses execrate, and ring-men adore. Ibid. ix, Those purely country-meetings..where there are no ring men to force the betting. 1864Realm 15 June 2 All the defaulting ring-men and unsuccessful pickpockets. 1868E. Yates Rock Ahead i. vi, Heretofore he had lived almost entirely in the society of the Ring-men. |