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bare-knuckling en · NOUN
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(uncountable) Boxing that is done without boxing gloves.
In fact, the ring's transition from bare-knuckling to boxing was, in practical effect, only a slight move forward.
1979, Don Atyeo, Blood & guts, violence in sports, page 168:
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(uncountable) Ruthless competition.
But there were danger signs in the polls that Carter's bare-knuckling was debasing what one aide called “his strongest positive: you Jimmy the Mean says he's sorry, and Ronald Reagan scrambles for the middle of the road.
1980, Newsweek - Volume 96, page 312:
bare-knuckling en · VERB
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of bare-knuckle