Definition of Prizefighting

1. Noun. (sports) Professional boxing, in which two fighters compete for a prize. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prizefighting

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prizefighting

privy councils
privy purse
privy seal
prix fixe
prizable
prize
prize-taking
prize-winning
prize money
prize ring
prize winner
prized
prizefight
prizefighter
prizefighters
prizefighting (current term)
prizefightings
prizefights
prizeless
prizelike
prizeman
prizemen
prizemoney
prizer
prizers
prizes
prizewinner
prizewinners
prizewinning
prizeworthy

Literary usage of Prizefighting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1906)
"212, 75 SW 261, 66 LRA 2SO, in answer to the question whether the nee of land or a building for the maintenance of prizefighting was a nuisance, ..."

2. Wharton's Law-lexicon: Forming an Epitome of the Law of England; and by John Jane Smith Wharton, John Mounteney Lely (1892)
"prizefighting. Public prizefighting is an affray and an indictable misdemeanour on the part of both combatants and backers (see Reg. v. Coney, 8 QBD 534, ..."

3. The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: To which is Added The Journal of a Tour to by James Boswell (1900)
"After supper he said, " I am sorry that prizefighting is gone out; ... prizefighting made people accustomed not to be alarmed at seeing their own blood, ..."

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