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bare-knuckle
adjective, adverb
- using bare fists rather than boxing gloves: a bare-knuckle prizefight, to fight bare-knuckle
- without refinement, compromise, etc.; rough: a bare-knuckle legal battle
Also bare-knuckled or occas. bare-knuckles
See bare-knuckle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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