prize fighter

Example Sentences

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Slowly, against all the odds, Bitcoin became sought after - like a prize fighter.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2022

A former heavyweight prize fighter, he was not afraid to mix it up on the picket line with cops and strikebreakers.

From Salon • May 16, 2022

He survived as a hobo during the Great Depression, hopping freight trains and eking out a living as a prize fighter on the carnival boxing circuit.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2020

“Sounds like he’s almost like a prize fighter or something like that.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2020

Though I do think it go better as a jukejoint Harpo look at the prize fighter.

From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker