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Definition of fisticuffs noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fisticuffs

noun
 
/ˈfɪstɪkʌfs/
 
/ˈfɪstɪkʌfs/
[plural] (old-fashioned or humorous)
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  1. a fight in which people hit each other with their fists
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: probably from obsolete fisty ‘relating to the fists or to fist fighting’ + cuff ‘strike (someone) with an open hand’.
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