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Definition of Fisticuff
1. n. A cuff or blow with the fist or hand
Definition of Fisticuff
1. Noun. (rare) A fistfight. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A cuff or blow administered with the fist. ¹
3. Verb. (chiefly humorous) To engage in a physical fight. ¹
4. Verb. (obsolete) To strike, fight or spar with the fists. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fisticuff
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fisticuff
Literary usage of Fisticuff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches. a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1892)
"By 'fisticuff.' AS the boxing boom, that has swept over England and America during
the last few years, done any .j \l good, or given any fillip, ..."
2. China, Past and Present by Edward Harper Parker (1903)
"Chang Chr-tung telegraphed in these words: " Ministers of the Blood and officers
of spirit ought really to urge that the fisticuff bandits are anarchists, ..."
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