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Word: ringer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Toscanini-trained musicians of the NBC Symphony Orchestra blinked, then stared: Was it Frank Sinatra? At first glance, the boyish-looking, new guest conductor was a dead ringer for Frankie: wispy, wire-thin, sallow-cheeked and dark-haired. But when 28-year-old Guido Cantelli stepped to the podium and rapped his baton, the jokes stopped. By the time Guido had driven them through bar-by-bar rehearsals of Hindemith and Haydn without looking at a score-gesturing and singing fa-sol-la-tis to make up for his lack of English-musicians were murmuring about "terrific talent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Like I Do | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

...school, take on a MacVicar-Brown combination in the 100-yd. freestyle. In the 100-yd. backstroke, it will be Fred Glynn, Arthur Phinney, and Dave Murray for the Alumni against Tom Woods and John Steinhardt, Ulen's current proteges. Don Ulen, Hal's son, and Julius Vielman, a ringer from this year's varsity, will be in the 100-yd breaststroke against Chuck Hoelzer and Larry Ward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers and Swimmers Open Seasons Today | 12/11/1948 | See Source »

First on the program yesterday was Hugh Shepley '51, pictured at right practicing his specialty as a ringer in the annual Wellesley hoop races. Shepley also claimed acquaintanceship with indian clubs, rubber balls, and chinaware...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Juggler Wins Top Billing on Student Theatrical Listings | 10/14/1948 | See Source »

...Ringer. In Washington, William McClaine complained to hospital nurses that he had tripped and chipped his front teeth, conceded, after coughing up a .38-caliber bullet, that there had been an argument over a game of horseshoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 2, 1948 | 8/2/1948 | See Source »

Schussboomer leaned back in his chair and gently blow a smoke ring toward the hat Rack. With a slight tinkle it landed for a perfect ringer, and the old master went on with his tale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Schussboomer Tells Fearful Tale of Skis, Bones, and Tea | 3/4/1948 | See Source »

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