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plural fisticuffs
(rare) A fistfight. quotations
Every fifteen or twenty minutes there was a rush to some part, to witness a fisticuff.
1852, Eli Bowen et al., The Pictorial Sketch-book of Pennsylvania
(obsolete) A cuff or blow administered with the fist.
third-person singular simple present fisticuffs, present participle fisticuffing, simple past and past participle fisticuffed
(chiefly humorous) To engage in a physical fight. quotations examples
Generously scattering a drop of my fortune on an early morning sea breeze. Should have jumped after it. Grabber at life's banquet follows a fortune to doom. As folk fleece and fisticuff in street.
1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 265
(obsolete) To strike, fight or spar with the fists. quotations
Do they fisticuff with thunder-snaggs […]
1846, Making of America Project, The American Whig Review