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

Ha! a fisticuff fight, with odds—five to one!

From The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure by Reid, Mayne

If his fairy-godmother had prearranged this fisticuff, she could not have done anything better so far as Killigrew was concerned.

From The Voice in the Fog by MacGrath, Harold

Literature has hitherto glorified serene immobility, ecstasy, and sleep; they will extol aggressive movement, feverish insomnia, the double-quick step, the somersault, the box on the ear, the fisticuff.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James

But this was no cadet fisticuff; it was a serious matter, and I needed a friend.

From Kitty's Conquest by King, Charles