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Example sentences for "fisticuff"

Lexicographically close words:
fissuring; fist; fisted; fistful; fistic; fisticuffs; fists; fistula; fistulae; fistulas
  1. Of course Terrill reported me for this, and my ire was so inflamed by his action that when we next met I attacked him, and a fisticuff engagement in front of barracks followed, which was stopped by an officer appearing on the scene.

  2. He sprang to his feet and was soon engaged in a fisticuff with the Negro boy, who, however, proved to be his superior and signally defeated him.

  3. A fisticuff between a white man and a darkey savors too much of equality, a feeling that must be kept out of the Negro at all hazards.

  4. Old Mrs. Snodgrass mighty nigh had a fisticuff fight to retain her corner in the store, whar she's had 'er distributin' office fer the last week.

  5. If one interfered in behalf of a kinsman or friend, he was pounced on by another, and not infrequently as many as a dozen men would be embroiled in a fisticuff battle.

  6. How I should like to have seen it five or six hundred years ago, on one of those days when a fisticuff game was going on, or one of the more exciting donkey races.


  7. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fisticuff" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.