bleeder

Example Sentences

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The Bayonne Bleeder - Bayonne being the New Jersey town that Wepner still calls home - was a fighter who lived up to his billing.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2023

But the Bayonne Bleeder has enjoyed a comeback of sorts in recent years, as the subject of three films.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2019

As her successor, a redhead named Linda, Naomi Watts is in tough and unkiddable form, and her verdict on the Bleeder is at once harsh, precise, and touched with affectionate hope.

From The New Yorker • May 5, 2017

Wepner was that ready-made underdog story, a garrulous journeyman known as the Bayonne Bleeder who withstood — and delivered — enough blows to become New Jersey’s heavyweight champion in 1974.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2017

The house with inscription,   "The School-House," is empty, In ruins and deserted;   And near stands the barber's, A hut with one window,   From which hangs the sign-board Of "Barber and Bleeder."

From Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia? by Soskice, Juliet M.