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Definition of Bruisers
1. bruiser [n] - See also: bruiser
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bruisers
Literary usage of Bruisers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Northern Summer, Or, Travels Round the Baltic Through Denmark, Sweden by John Carr (1806)
"... bruisers—Doctor Gutherie—Visit to the taurida palace— The colossal hall—The
winter gardens—The banquet—* Prince ..."
2. The New English by Thomas Laurence Kington-Oliphant (1886)
"Men who can use their fists are styled bruisers ; we hear of the packet plying
to Calais, in the days before steam came in. A girl sings and dances, ..."
3. Life and Adventure in the South Pacific by Jones (1861)
"A Cure for "bruisers."—Ship "ELB Jen- ney."—Bark " Empress."—Ormsby's Peak.—Bonin
Islands.—Turtles.—Peel's Island. ..."