fisticuff

Example Sentences

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It was not often that my siblings had true fights, but when they did, they were monster, one-on-one fisticuff affairs, and Helen had picked the Mount Everest of fighters.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

He was not without skill at fisticuff, was Hackley.

From Captivating Mary Carstairs by Crosby, Raymond Moreau

He had a fisticuff encounter with "Cerro Gordo" Williams, in which he came out victorious, having knocked Williams into the gutter.

From Fifty Years of Public Service by Cullom, Shelby M.

But one day, to show his own wonderful powers of fisticuff, the king summoned a crowd of his warriors to his palace, and made them form a great ring.

From O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas by Stables, Gordon

I'm tired o' being a kick-a-toe and fisticuff to everybody.

From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)