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bare-knuckled

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bare-knuck·le (bâr nkl) or bare-knuck·led (-ld)
adv.
Without gloves: boxers fighting bare-knuckle.
adj.
1. Wearing no gloves: an undefeated bare-knuckle champion.
2. Slang Of a fiercely implacable character: the bare-knuckle world of commercial real estate.
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Adj.1.bare-knuckled - characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules; "a rough-and-tumble fight"; "rough-and-tumble politics"; "undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism"
bare-knuckle, rough-and-tumble
disorderly - undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct"


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But even in the bare-knuckled world of redistricting, the GOP revision, which netted the party five more seats, seemed not just partisan, but vindictive.
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WASHINGTON -- House Republicans continued their bare-knuckled bashing of the Senate's proposal to bestow citizenship on millions of illegal immigrants with a hearing Tuesday aimed at exposing flaws in the legislation.
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More successful was the masculine social mixing in the gambling, drinking and whoring venues and at the racetracks and bare-knuckled boxing matches.
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