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fisticuffs
noun /ˈfɪs.tɪ.kʌfs/
a) An impromptu fight with the fists, usually between only two people.

People who share a cell in the Basti[l]le if they do not immediately fall to fisticuffs, will find some possible ground of compromise.

b) Bare-knuckled boxing, a form of boxing done without boxing gloves or similar padding.

, his head all scarred with the sticks and fisticuffs which he had got in the taverns at Utrecht,

Syn: brawl, fight, fist-fight, punch-up, prizefighting
See Also: fist, fisticuff, fisticuffer

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