Fistic
[fistik]
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to boxing, or to encounters with the fists; puglistic; as, fistic exploits; fistic heroes.
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Examples
- This was another common procedure on the part of the ladies of the Hole, when heated by verbal or fistic altercation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- To continue in fistic phraseology, he had a genius for coming up to the scratch, wherever and whatever it was, and proving himself an ugly customer. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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