"decoder ring" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: decoder rings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} decoder ring (plural decoder rings)
  1. A device consisting of two concentric rings of letters of the alphabet, one of which can be rotated, so as to encode and decode messages according to a simple substitution cipher.
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Inflected forms

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