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Definition of Punch bag
1. Noun. An inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Punch Bag
Literary usage of Punch bag
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Character and Vocational Analysis: How to Find the Niche in Life in which by Joseph Ralph (1921)
"... labor in struggling after "the bread which perisheth," he often seeks his ease
in some such athletic indulgence as football, rowing, or punch-bag. ..."
2. Handbook for Naval Officers: An Aid to Examinations for Promotion by Frederick Vallette McNair (1920)
"Another method is to fill a canvas bag with oakum and oil and punch bag full of
holes with a sail needle. Tow bags over the side. If rapid flow is desired, ..."
3. The Climatologist by Carlos Juan Finlay (1892)
"... to indulge in some favorite form of exercise, if he have such, like swinging
the clubs, the use of the punch-bag, or a game of hand-ball. ..."
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