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circular band worn on the finger; something shaped like a ring; circular enclosed area; group cooperating for unethical purposes; to surround with a ring

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Usage examples (32)
  • Alice's ringless white hands were clenched in her lap.
  • For had she waited she would have left him with finger ringless.
  • He grinned, his eyes easing from her face to her ringless left hand.
  • He certainly wasn't the king of the NBA, as his ringless fingers show.
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