The phrase "a ringer from" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to someone who is brought in to compete in a contest or event, often under false pretenses, suggesting they are not a regular participant.
Example: "The team was accused of cheating when they brought in a ringer from another league to play in the championship game."
Alternatives: "a ringer for" or "an outsider from".
Churrasco is a ringer from Argentina -- tender skirt steak, accurately grilled, with a boat of garlicky chimichurri sauce.
An actor who seemed a ringer from Row P might easily appear an impostor from 12 feet in the living room.
Once into the park, everyone mostly just walked and conversed, stopping every few blocks to work up another number with Mr. John, including a ringer from the late 16th century, the lovely "Coventry Carol" ("Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child").
But it brings in a ringer from another of those "Messiah" performances, Robert Crowe, a male soprano of staggering gifts who was perhaps the prime asset of Millennial Arts' bizarre staging of Handel's oratorio, here as the prince, Idamante.
Bear Stearns ousted Richard Marin last month as head of Bear Stearns Asset Management, which oversees the funds, and brought in a ringer from Lehman, Jeffrey Lane, to restore confidence.
He goes by the name of Harry (Evan Handler), but he's a ringer for Dr. Evil, from the "Austin Powers" franchise, with all the evil sucked away; what remains is fey and shiny-headed, smiling sweetly about something known only to himself.
(When Ms. Butler is speaking Australian, she's actually a ringer for a fresher import from Down Under, Nicole Kidman.) She's got a lovely line in arabesque on those skates, too!
Closer-proper Dumb and its following unlisted 'secret' track offer further opportunities for reflection, one echoing Richard D James' explorations of quasi-classical piano territories, the other a ringer for recent textural delights from Emeralds and Oneohtrix Point Never.
Never mind that anyone who spends ten bucks to snag a Rolex ringer from a street vendor with a briefcase full of fakes is unlikely to buy the real thing.
And if you want to mourn that person with a Jewish ceremony, what you get is a rent-a-rabbi to conduct it basically the first ringer from a local synagogue who happens to be free.
If you're not sure whether someone has scored a ringer, place a straightedge from one arm of the horseshoe to another.
