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Definition of Brawlers
1. brawler [n] - See also: brawler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brawlers
Literary usage of Brawlers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Secker, LL.D.: Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury by Thomas Secker, Beilby Porteus (1825)
"... to obey magistrates ; to be ready to every good work: To speak evil of no
man ; to be no brawlers, but gentle; shewing all meekness unto all men. ..."
2. The Philosophy of Change by Daniel Pomeroy Rhodes (1909)
"brawlers — those who delight in using their fists in a little fight or their
minds in planning a big one — would not be allowed the freedom of the whole ..."
3. The Book of Human Character by Charles Bucke (1837)
"We are essentially different. ccvu. brawlers FOR EQUALITY. MILTON savs:— •' Orders
and degrees Jar not with liberty ; but well consist.'—Par. Lost, v. 791. ..."
4. The Journal of Jurisprudence by Law Library Microform Consortium (1878)
"The ' brawlers' were ... of the pursuer and his friend the shoemaker precisely
corresponded to the Crieff brawlers as represented in the paragraph. ..."
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