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Queensberry rules
/ -brɪ; ˈkwiːnzbərɪ /
plural noun
- the code of rules followed in modern boxing, requiring the use of padded gloves, rounds of three minutes, and restrictions on the types of blows allowed
- informal.gentlemanly or polite conduct, esp in a dispute
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Queensberry rules1
(sense 1) C19: named after the ninth Marquess of Queensberry, who originated the rules in 1869
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Example Sentences
Gentlemen, it will be a fight to a finish—Markis o' Queensberry rules.
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Twenty three-minute rounds, with one-minute intervals, and Queensberry rules.
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All that stuff about 'honour,' 'Queensberry rules,' 'playing the game,' and what not will go by the board.
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I do not say that all Cissy Carter's blows were strictly according to Queensberry rules.
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Fight about to commence according to Queensberry rules, when Master sees portrait.
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