Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A rail-bird; one who leans over the fence or railing of the ring and watches the judging, as at a fair.

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  • noun A person occupying a ringside seat

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Examples

  • One ringsider called it a "struggle between a demon and a gritty little dwarf ...."

    'The Man with the Golden Smile' Oates, Joyce Carol 2004

  • The landlord, an old sportsman and ringsider, ran out to greet so well-known a Corinthian as Sir Charles Tregellis.

    Rodney stone Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1896

  • The landlord, an old sportsman and ringsider, ran out to greet so well-known a Corinthian as Sir Charles Tregellis.

    Rodney Stone Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1896

  • The landlord, an old sportsman and ringsider, ran out to greet so well-known a Corinthian as Sir Charles Tregellis.

    Rodney Stone Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

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