prizefight

or prize fight

[prahyz-fahyt]

noun

a contest between boxers for a prize, a sum of money, etc.; a professional boxing match.

Origin of prizefight

First recorded in 1695–1705

Related formsprize·fight·er, nounprize·fight·ing, noun

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Examples from the Web for prizefight

Historical Examples of prizefight

Biddle: The act of introducing a prizefight in a Sunday School.
The Roycroft Dictionary
Elbert Hubbard
He stunned himself with another of the monstrous points in his pet girl's honeymoon: 'A prizefight?'
The Amazing Marriage, Complete
George Meredith
Who 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 Meredith

British Dictionary definitions for prizefight

prizefight

noun

a boxing match for a prize or purse, esp one of the fights popular in the 18th and 19th centuries

Derived Formsprizefighter, nounprizefighting, noun

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