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 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 it was beneath the dignity thus outraged, to avenge itself by a vulgar fisticuff, and A—— bethought him of a much better and more honorable course.

From Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States by Darley, F.O.C.

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

And have a fisticuff which would appear 200 in every newspaper in the world?

From The Place of Honeymoons by Keller, Arthur Ignatius