handy-fight

noun

A fight with the hands; boxing.

Meanings

nounhandy-fight (plural handy-fights)

plural handy-fights

  1. rareA fight with the hands; boxing.

    Pollux loves handy-fights.

    1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster
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APA

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Chicago

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