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bare-knuckled en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Synonym of bare-knuckle. ▸ Without boxing gloves
   • Frank Slavin, who fought both bare-knuckled and gloved bouts, was the heavyweight champion of Australia and boxed in the United States, Canada and England. 2000, Murray Phillips, From Sidelines to Centre Field, →ISBN:
   • However, Dean was hardly a nature lover, so his attention immediately went to eight men in the backyard, who were training in bare-knuckled fist fighting—three white men and five colored men. 2012, Gregory Dupree, Harlem Street Fighter, →ISBN, page 3:
   • Well, it's hard to knock a tough man cold with bare-knuckled head punches. 2004, Robert E. Howard, Paul Herman, Waterfront Fists and Others, →ISBN:
2. Synonym of bare-knuckle. ▸ Ruthlessly competitive
   • His return – armed with a set peppered with Clash classics such as 'London Calling' and 'White Man In Hammersmith Palais' – had the old bare-knuckled punks from 1977 literally in tears. 1999, Sue Welfare, Off the Record, →ISBN, page 279:
   • Recent electoral battles in the city had been closely contested, bare-knuckled affairs, each party routinely accusing the other of cheating. 2007, Patrick G. Williams, Red River Valley: Beyond Redemption, →ISBN:
   • Nevertheless, merger arbitrage is not wholly lacking in bare-knuckled elements. 2010, John B. Abbink, Alternative Assets and Strategic Allocation, →ISBN, page 141:

Forms

bare-knuckled en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of bare-knuckle
   form of bare-knuckle