Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pugilistic contest in which the hands are covered with boxing-gloves.
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Examples
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Highly coloured bills announcing the glove-fight between Nigger Ned and
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Highly coloured bills announcing the glove-fight between Nigger Ned and
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I do not say that a glove-fight is in itself a visually disgusting exhibition.
Yet Again Max Beerbohm 1914
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Highly coloured bills announcing the glove-fight between Nigger Ned and Malvoli were slapped about the walls.
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Middle-aged men tell interminable stories about money or smart strokes of business; youngsters wink and look unspeakably wise as they talk on the subject of the spring handicaps; wild spirits tell of their experiences at a glove-fight in some foul East-end tavern; amorous exploits are detailed with a fulness and freedom which would extremely amaze the ladies who form the subject of the conversation.
The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour James Runciman 1871
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