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rings

/ɹɪŋz/ noun A2
  1. A gymnastics apparatus and discipline consisting of two rings suspended from a bar.
  2. A traditional Irish game of throwing rings onto hooks.
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A sentinel struck the rings of his carbine against his left hand.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1072 · C1
Hurst, principally occupied in playing with her bracelets and rings, joined now and then in her brother’s conversation with Miss Bennet.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 59 · B2
It took me some little time, for the bell rings in the kitchen and the servants all sleep upstairs.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 85 · B2
“My rings were put on his finger; but when it came to the wedding ring,” he held out his muscular hand, “you can see for yourselves that I had struck the limit.
The Valley of Fear, p. 98 · C1

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