companion vs ringer

companion

noun
  • A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person. 

  • A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk. 

  • An appended source of media or information, designed to be used in conjunction with and to enhance the main material. 

  • A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies 

  • A celestial object that is associated with another. 

  • A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders. 

  • The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves. 

  • The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below. 

ringer

noun
  • A person, animal, or entity which resembles another so closely as to be taken for the other, now usually in the phrase dead ringer. 

  • A stockman, a cowboy. 

  • A horse fraudulently entered in a race using the name of another horse. 

  • Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer. 

  • A fraudulently cloned motor vehicle. 

  • An officer having the specified number of rings (denoting rank) on the uniform sleeve. 

  • A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team. 

  • A top performer. 

  • A ringer T-shirt. 

  • The champion shearer of a shearing shed. 

  • A crowbar. 

  • In the game of horseshoes, the event of the horseshoe landing around the pole. 

  • Any person or thing that is fraudulent; a fake or impostor. 

  • A look-alike. 

  • A game of marbles where players attempt to knock each other's marbles out of a ring drawn on the ground. 

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