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  • It all depends on how much Full Tilt is paying for the program and if it's less or more money than they'd be making with some lame-ass drama called The Pugilist or something.

    Wicked Chops Poker 2009

  • "Hercules or Pugilist" shows antique objects related to boxing, including a newly acquired marble head thought to depict either Hercules or a fighter posing as him.

    Time Off Europe Calendar 2008

  • Dark humor and lightning banter keep "Pugilist Specialist" from collapsing under its heavy subject matter.

    PERISCOPE 2007

  • -- Adam BryantTHEATERSatirical SpecialistsSan Francisco theater troupe the Riot Group won plaudits for its sharp satire "Pugilist Specialist" at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival.

    PERISCOPE 2007

  • "Have you ever heard mention of Tom Cragg, the Pugilist?"

    The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1915

  • Now all at once there recurred to me the memory of Tom Cragg, the Pugilist; of how he too had winked at me, and of his incomprehensible manner afterwards beneath the gibbet on River

    The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1915

  • Nay, indeed, it was rather as if the Pugilist had whispered the words into my ear, and I glanced round almost expecting to see him.

    The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1915

  • He gave up his Job in the Planing Mill and became a Pugilist.

    Fables in Slang George Ade 1905

  • "What have you in the hat-box, my friend?" inquired the Pugilist.

    Fantastic Fables Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? 1899

  • The Pugilist's Diet THE Trainer of a Pugilist consulted a Physician regarding the champion's diet.

    Fantastic Fables Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? 1899

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