ringside

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun first row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring

From ring + -side.

Brett sat at the ringside between Bill and me. — The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway
And at the shelf around the ringside reporters with their pencils and paper, and telegraphers with their clicking instruments. — Changeling, and Other Stories, Donn Byrne
He boasted that he was the "champion cheese-chopper of Harlem and the Bronx, one-thirty-three ringside," while Gertie was toasting crackers, and Ray was out buying bottles of beer in a newspaper. — The Trail of the Hawk: A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life, Sinclair Lewis

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