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Definition of Prizefighters
1. prizefighter [n] - See also: prizefighter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prizefighters
Literary usage of Prizefighters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"Relating to prizefighters. GLADLY, (glijd'-Ie) ad. Joyfully; with gaiety ; with
merriment. GLADNESS, (glad'-nes) n.«. Cheerfulness ; joy ; exultation. ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1874)
"Rowdie was hand-and-glove with all the sporting-men, publicans, with little rat-
killing dogs, retired prizefighters, prizefighters not retired, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"prizefighters have big thick strong back-heads; unselfish philosophers have
small 'back-heads, but very high heads; while accumulating business men have ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"The management sought vainly to pack the house, and sent prizefighters into the
theatre to mingle with the audience. Legal proceedings were taken and failed ..."
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