fisticuff
Americannoun
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a cuff or blow with the fist.
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fisticuffs, combat with the fists.
verb (used with or without object)
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It was not often that my siblings had true fights, but when they did, they were monster, one-on-one fisticuff affairs, and Helen had picked the Mount Everest of fighters.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
The good Geoffrey told of his fight, of situations obtained and lost, of fisticuff encounters, of quarrels and blows....
From A Nest of Spies by Marcel Allain
But this was no cadet fisticuff; it was a serious matter, and I needed a friend.
From Kitty's Conquest by Charles King
I'm tired o' being a kick-a-toe and fisticuff to everybody.
From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
The bigger boy became enraged at this refusal to continue the play, and seemed inclined to resort to fisticuff, but I interposed and put a stop to the affray.
From The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) by Andrew Steinmetz
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