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bare-knuckle definition

bare·-knuckle (ber′nuk′əl)

adjective, adverb

  1. using bare fists rather than boxing gloves a bare-knuckle prizefight, to fight bare-knuckle
  2. without refinement, compromise, etc.; rough a bare-knuckle legal battle
Also bare-knuckled bare′·-knuck′led or occas. bare-knuckles bare′·-knuck′les

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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