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prizefight

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prize·fight  (przft)
n.
A match fought between professional boxers for money.
prizefighter n.
prizefighting n.
prizefight [ˈpraɪzˌfaɪt]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Boxing) a boxing match for a prize or purse, esp one of the fights popular in the 18th and 19th centuries
prizefighter  n
prizefighting  n
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Noun1.prizefightprizefight - a boxing match between professional boxers for a cash prize
prize fight
boxing match - a match between boxers; usually held in a boxing ring
Verb1.prizefight - box for a prize or money
athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
box - engage in a boxing match


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Beyond an impression that he is to sit upon my knee and be seconded at some point of the solemnities, like a principal at a prizefight, I assure you I have no notion what my duty is,' returns Mortimer.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
It was the biggest clubhouse, and the biggest club, in all Chicago; and they had prizefights every now and then, and cockfights and even dogfights.
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