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Definition of Ringmen
1. ringman [n] - See also: ringman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ringmen
Literary usage of Ringmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1889)
"And thus the gudgeons swim in, the ringmen grow in wealth. Or it may be that the
bookmen, "bookies" or "pencillers," as they are called, whose business it ..."
2. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1889)
"And thus the gudgeons swim in, the ringmen grow in wealth. Or it may be that the
bookmen, ' bookies ' or ' pencillers,' as they are called, whose business ..."
3. The Collected Works of George Moore by George Moore (1922)
"Come up 'ere, ma'am." "And is those the 'orses?" said Sarah. "They do seem small."
The ringmen roared. " Not up to those on the 'ill, ma'am," said one. ..."
4. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1873)
"... crowded by people from distances, and the town turned out; ringmen were there,
too, to improve the occasion ; and all sorts of wild and hap-hazard bets ..."
5. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1889)
"Ay ! so ends the tussle — I knew the tan muzzle Was first, though the ringmen
were yelling — " Dead heat !" A nose I could swear hy, hut Clarke said — "The ..."
6. The Collected Works of George Moore by George Moore (1922)
"Come up "ere, ma'am." " And is those the seem small." 'orses ? " said Sarah. "
They do The ringmen roared. " Not up to those on the "ill, ma'am," said one ..."
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