ring girl
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7.6
- noun
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chica del ring
Examples
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Oh no, no, it's just I was the ring girl for your fight.
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It's time to say hello to our lovely ring girls!
Fiction book (2002) -
Let's hear it for our beautiful ring girl.
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As the night goes on, the competition heats up between the ring girls too.
Fiction book (2002) -
During the boxing match, the ring girl held up the sign to indicate the next round.
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The event started with an announcement of the ring girl who would be showcasing the upcoming rounds.
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As the boxers took their corners, the ring girl confidently displayed the round number to the cheering crowd.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is compositionally built from 'ring' (the boxing/performance area) + 'girl' (a young woman), so a B1 learner can infer it refers to a female associated with the ring. However, the specific conventional role—entering between rounds to display the upcoming round number—is a culturally specific function that is not fully predictable from the parts alone, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
The name ring girl comes from a simple picture: a young girl walks into the boxing ring between rounds holding a sign that shows the next round number. So ring girl means 'a woman who enters the ring to show the round number'.