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

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

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

Ireland and Scotland were about to set to; Erin was going to fisticuff Gajothel.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

But this was no cadet fisticuff; it was a serious matter, and I needed a friend.

From Kitty's Conquest by King, Charles

If many disagreeable occupations, hunger and an occasional fisticuff, may be classed as adventure, then I have had my run of it.

From Parrot & Co. by MacGrath, Harold