"ring-in" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ring-ins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ring-in (plural ring-ins)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A replacement made at the last minute, often in a sporting context."
      ],
      "id": "en-ring-in-en-noun-nuAfFGh9",
      "links": [
        [
          "replacement",
          "replacement"
        ],
        [
          "last minute",
          "last minute"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 47 2 37",
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          "parents": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A racehorse or greyhound fraudulently substituted for another in a race."
      ],
      "id": "en-ring-in-en-noun-eRBaUjNJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "racehorse",
          "racehorse"
        ],
        [
          "greyhound",
          "greyhound"
        ],
        [
          "fraudulently",
          "fraudulently"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1967, Elspeth Huxley, Their Shining Eldorado: A Journey through Australia, page 97",
          "text": "\"But I couldn't get into an underground contract party because I'm a ring-tail, or ring-in.\" That means an outsider, one not born in Broken Hill.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An outsider."
      ],
      "id": "en-ring-in-en-noun-npfUCQh1",
      "links": [
        [
          "outsider",
          "outsider"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person pretending to be someone else; an imposter."
      ],
      "id": "en-ring-in-en-noun-t5We36HN",
      "links": [
        [
          "pretend",
          "pretend"
        ],
        [
          "imposter",
          "imposter"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ring-in"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ring-ins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ring-in (plural ring-ins)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A replacement made at the last minute, often in a sporting context."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "replacement",
          "replacement"
        ],
        [
          "last minute",
          "last minute"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A racehorse or greyhound fraudulently substituted for another in a race."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "racehorse",
          "racehorse"
        ],
        [
          "greyhound",
          "greyhound"
        ],
        [
          "fraudulently",
          "fraudulently"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1967, Elspeth Huxley, Their Shining Eldorado: A Journey through Australia, page 97",
          "text": "\"But I couldn't get into an underground contract party because I'm a ring-tail, or ring-in.\" That means an outsider, one not born in Broken Hill.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An outsider."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "outsider",
          "outsider"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person pretending to be someone else; an imposter."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pretend",
          "pretend"
        ],
        [
          "imposter",
          "imposter"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ring-in"
}