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Ringnut vs Ringer - What's the difference?

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Ringnut is a synonym of ringer.


As nouns the difference between ringnut and ringer

is that ringnut is a fan of the opera cycle (der ring des nibelungen) by (richard wagner) while ringer is (label) a fan of the novel (the lord of the rings) by and/or the film trilogy based on it.

ringnut

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fan of the opera cycle (Der Ring des Nibelungen) by (Richard Wagner).
  • * 2007 , Charles McGrath, " ‘Ring’ Pilgrims: On the Horns of a Devotion", The New York Times , 8 July 2007:
    • Ringnuts have been known to wear plastic versions of those helmets while standing in line outside the opera house.
  • * 2008 , Daniel J. Wakin, " ‘Ring’ Fans and the Met Lock Horns Over Ticket Rule ", The New York Times , 10 April 2008:
    • For Ringnuts who may be alarmed by the new ticket policy, there is a modest loophole, discovered by Mr. Hardt.
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  • and/or the film trilogy based on it.
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    • Synonyms

    * (Ring cycle fan) Ringhead * (Lord of the Rings fan) Ringer

    Hypernyms

    * (Ring cycle fan) Wagnerian, Wagnerite * (Lord of the Rings fan) Tolkiendil, Tolkienian, Tolkienist, Tolkienite

    ringer

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.
  • * 1863 , ,
    • Pull, if ye never pull?d before;
    Good ringers , pull your best," quoth he.
  • (mining) A crowbar.
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    Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (games) In the game of horseshoes, the event of the horseshoe landing around the pole.
  • (uncountable, games) A game of marbles where players attempt to knock each other's marbles out of a ring drawn on the ground.

    • Etymology 3

    Probably from ring the changes.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (horse racing) A horse fraudently entered in a race using the name of another horse.
  • (sport) A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.
  • A person, animal, or entity which resembles another so closely as to be taken for the other; now usually in the phrase dead ringer .
    • Derived terms
    * dead ringer

    Etymology 4

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) A top performer.
  • (Australia) The champion shearer of a shearing shed.
  • (Australia) A stockman, a cowboy.
  • * 1964 , Alec Bolton, Walkabout?s Australia , , page 107,
    • The ringers are the stockmen on a station. The cattle pass through their hands before the drovers lift them and take them along the stock routes that lead to the killing pens in cities.
  • * 1987 , Geoffrey Atkinson, Philip Quirk. The Australian Adventure: The Explorer?s Guide to the Island Continent , page 175,
    • This vast holding is run by six ringers' and six boys. A '''ringer''' is a qualified stationhand and a boy is a trainee. It takes four years for a boy to become a ' ringer .
  • * 2005 , Jake Drake, The Wild West in Australia and America , page 156,
    • Most people associated with the Australian beef industry believe the ringer?s skill of throwing cattle by the tail to be a practice that is purely Australian. There is ample evidence however, that it was practised in South and Central America long before it was developed here.

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