Fisticuff vs Pugilism - What's the difference?
fisticuff | pugilism |
(rare) A fistfight.
*1852 , Eli Bowen et al., The Pictorial Sketch-book of Pennsylvania ,
*:Every fifteen or twenty minutes there was a rush to some part, to witness a fisticuff .
(obsolete) A cuff or blow administered with the fist.
(chiefly, humorous) To engage in a physical fight.
(obsolete) To strike, fight or spar with the fists.
*1846 , Making of America Project, The American Whig Review ,
*:Do they fisticuff with thunder-snaggs