battle royal

A faceless person casually explains that, since he has “to be there anyway,” he “might as well take part in the battle royal.”

Before long there was enough on the ground to make snowballs, and then a battle royal all around ensued.

Already in New York there had been a battle royal on the subject of the proper bedtime for a little girl.

Nevertheless, the interval before the battle-royal began was very trying to her.

The battle royal was waged against Congressman Littlefield of Maine.

Even in its beginnings he says, the French and British mobilization of Chinese labor caused a diplomatic battle royal.