clubfist

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noun

A large, heavy fist.

Scrabble 15
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Meanings

nounclubfist (plural clubfists)

plural clubfists

  1. A large, heavy fist.
  2. obsoleteA coarse, brutal fellow.

    The rascall rude, the roag, the clubfist griepte / My sclender arme, and pluckt mee on in hast: / And with my robes the bloudy ground hee sweepte: / As I drue backe hee hal'd mee on full fast.

    1574, John Higgins, “How the Lady Sabrine, daughter of King Locrinus and Elstride, was drowned by Queen Guendoline. Ant. C. 1064.”, in Joseph Haslewood, editor, Mirror for Magistrates, London: Lackington, Allen, and Co., published 1815, page 79

Origin

From club + fist.

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APA

clubfist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clubfist

MLA

“clubfist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clubfist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clubfist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clubfist.

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