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ringside|ˈrɪŋsaɪd|
Also ring side, ring-side.
[f. ring n.1 + side n.1]
a. The area immediately surrounding a boxing ring or other sports arena; more generally, the area which accommodates spectators; the scene of a sporting activity. Also transf.
1866Sat. Rev. 24 Feb. 232/1 He was..quite at home at the ringside in a prize-fight. 1896Doyle Rodney Stone 12 [Prize fighting] fostered ringside ruffianism. 1926[see barrera]. 1930[see hook-up]. 1956B. Holiday Lady sings Blues (1973) xix. 159 There at the ring-side was Mrs. Helen Hironimus, the Alderson warden. 1965Universe 15 Oct. 12/4 (heading) My conversations at the ringside. 1976[see opening ppl. a. 1 b].
b. attrib. and Comb., as ringside judge, ringside table; ringside seat, a seat immediately adjacent to a boxing contest or other sporting activity; also transf. and fig.
1976Scotsman 15 Dec., The ringside judges may score it a clear victory for Kohl, leader of the Christian Democrats.
1932Daily Express 20 Sept. 19/5, I trust my health will be good when he makes his debut. I want to be in a ringside seat. 1934Wodehouse Right Ho, Jeeves xvii. 212 From the fact that he spoke as if he had a hot potato in his mouth without getting the raspberry from the lads in the ringside seats, I deduced that he must be the head master. 1940War Illustr. 19 Jan. 638/3 From our ‘ring⁓side’ seats in the air, we saw a spectacle which made us heartily glad it was not our duty to attack a British warship! 1947G. Greene 19 Stories 75 Like a bull he was on show, sitting there mournfully in the plaza with his dog, a magnificent spectacle for which we all had ring-side seats. 1975V. Canning Kingsford Mark viii. 140 Carlo found the rifle... Unseen, he would have a ringside seat.
1929D. Runyon in Cosmopolitan July 59/1, I see Waldo Winchester, the scribe, sitting at a ringside table all by himself.
Hence ˈringsider, one who occupies a position at a ringside; a spectator.
1898A. M. Binstead Pink 'Un & Pelican iv. 87 Old Jack Baldock, always the noisiest of ringsiders, was howling at the Fulham lad. 1954C. L. B. Hubbard Compl. Dog Breeders' Man. 202 A woman exhibitor can handle her dog well, feel comfortable, and please the ringsiders..by wearing a simple but practical outfit. 1960Times 28 Sept. 16/6 With money at stake among some ringsiders, not everyone was thinking calmly. 1976J. Snow Cricket Rebel 113 He spooned a simple catch from a stroke ringsiders described as a ‘protective jab’. |