Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Anecdotes or information regarding pugilists or pugilistic matters; boxiana.
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- noun Things related to the sport of
boxing .
Etymologies
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fist + -iana
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Examples
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Under the "favored applications clause," a person whose knowledge of any particular subject was unique and authoritative, whether the topic were Esperanto or fistiana, went to the head of the waiting -- list automatically and had his initiation fee remitted.
Average Jones Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914
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"A fight, a fight! form a ring!" and the proposition for a combat _a la fistiana_ was received with joy by every Englishman present.
The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia William Henry Thomes 1859
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