English

Noun

ring-in ‎(plural ring-ins)

1. A replacement, made at the last minute, usually in a sporting context.
2. An outsider.
   • 1967, Elspeth Huxley, Their Shining Eldorado: A Journey through Australia, page 97:

     "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.