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Meanings of fisticuff in английском

A blow to someone or something with the fist.

Usage of fisticuff in английском
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Ireland and Scotland were about to set to; Erin was going to fisticuff Gajothel.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
2
I'm tired o' being a kick-a-toe and fisticuff to everybody.
Heralds of Empire / Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieu...
3
He was not without skill at fisticuff, was Hackley.
Captivating Mary Carstairs
4
This kick and fisticuff amused Louis Bonaparte.
The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
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As folk fleece and fisticuff in street.
A singular man
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In no account of this great conflict is any precision observed concerning the pell-mell and fisticuff parts of it.
Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
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From a simple fisticuff it developed into a deadly struggle between skilled strength and strength that was merely brutal.
The Bars of Iron
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If his fairy-godmother had prearranged this fisticuff, she could not have done anything better so far as Killigrew was concerned.
The Voice in the Fog
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In a fisticuff or a rough-and-tumble fight, he was one of the most formidable men of the region in which he lived.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete
10
He had a fisticuff encounter with "Cerro Gordo" Williams, in which he came out victorious, having knocked Williams into the gutter.
Fifty Years of Public Service / Personal Recollections of Shelby...
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Really, she was getting very tired of these constant bouts of fisticuffs.
Blameless
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Economics fisticuffs No one's arguing sustainable growth is a good thing.
Radio NZ
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In this the twins agreed: fisticuffs were not worth their time.
Imprudence
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Student food is a minefield; with freezer politics ending in fisticuffs.
The Guardian
15
All week, by golly, I am hearing about you and the fisticuffs business.
The power of one
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We had a turn at fisticuffs which resulted in my favor.
Over the Pass
Fisticuff through the time