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fisticuffs

fi sti kuhfs

  • n  a fight with bare fists
  • n  fighting with the fists

  • That was the end of it: no fisticuffs on the field, no rioting in the stands.
  • Bond occasionally engaged in fisticuffs with a brigand, but that was just a different kind of workout.
  • Its sword-wielding characters preferred fencing to fisticuffs.
News & Articles

  • Is this the end of hockey fights?
    The NHL may tighten restrictions on in-game fisticuffs, but it'll face stern resistance from violence-loving fans        
    June 26, 2013 - Salon.com
  • Fisticuffs video slot is knockout success
    (PRESS RELEASE) -- Net Entertainment is pulling no punches with its Fisticuffs online video slot that’s sure to prove a real hit with players. Set in the early 1900s, at a time when boxing was for gentlemen, Fisticuffs features a pair of fighters on the reels ready for action.
    June 25, 2013 - Rolling Good Times
  • Gaming N ews
    (PRESS RELEASE) -- Net Entertainment is pulling no punches with its Fisticuffs online video slot that’s sure to prove a real hit with players. Set in the early 1900s, at a time when boxing was for gentlemen, Fisticuffs features a pair of fighters on the reels ready for action.
    June 25, 2013 - Casino City Times
Quotes

  • Gary Bettman in International Herald Tribune
    We're not warranting whether or not there'll be fisticuffs,Bettman said. "But there will be a competition that has all of the intensity and emotion and passion and skill that our game has."
  • Romeo Crennel in USA Today
    I could look at a guy cross-eyed and he could charge me with something for looking at him wrong. No fisticuffs occurred, or anything, to my knowledge. I am going to wait until I find out all the facts before I make any kind of judgment,...
  • Rick Perry in International Herald Tribune
    That seems to me to be to be a natural progression in a democratic society,Perry said. "People are feeling comfortable about expressing their opinion and what have you, so I was pretty excited about a little fisticuffs, a little protest."

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