fisticuff

Example Sentences

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It was not often that my siblings had true fights, but when they did, they were monster, one-on-one fisticuff affairs, and Helen had picked the Mount Everest of fighters.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

He was not without skill at fisticuff, was Hackley.

From Captivating Mary Carstairs by Crosby, Raymond Moreau

Ha! a fisticuff fight, with odds—five to one!

From The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure by Reid, Mayne

Literature has hitherto glorified serene immobility, ecstasy, and sleep; they will extol aggressive movement, feverish insomnia, the double-quick step, the somersault, the box on the ear, the fisticuff.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James

How many men are like the clenched fist—pugnacious, disputatious, quarrelsome, always spoiling for a fight; a verbal fisticuff, if not a physical one, is their delight.

From The Last Harvest by Burroughs, John