prizefight
or prize fight
a contest between boxers for a prize, a sum of money, etc.; a professional boxing match.
Origin of prizefight
1Other words from prizefight
- prizefighter, noun
- prizefighting, noun
Words Nearby prizefight
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How to use prizefight in a sentence
He stunned himself with another of the monstrous points in his pet girl's honeymoon: 'A prizefight?'
The Amazing Marriage, Complete | George MeredithWho could have guessed when she left my house she was on her way to a prizefight and a greengrocer's in Whitechapel.
The Amazing Marriage, Complete | George MeredithBiddle: The act of introducing a prizefight in a Sunday School.
The Roycroft Dictionary | Elbert Hubbard
British Dictionary definitions for prizefight
/ (ˈpraɪzˌfaɪt) /
a boxing match for a prize or purse, esp one of the fights popular in the 18th and 19th centuries
Derived forms of prizefight
- prizefighter, noun
- prizefighting, noun
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