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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
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"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.
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Dark humor and lightning banter keep "Pugilist Specialist" from collapsing under its heavy subject matter.
PERISCOPE 2007
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-- Adam BryantTHEATERSatirical SpecialistsSan Francisco theater troupe the Riot Group won plaudits for its sharp satire "Pugilist Specialist" at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival.
PERISCOPE 2007
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"Have you ever heard mention of Tom Cragg, the Pugilist?"
The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1915
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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
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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
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He gave up his Job in the Planing Mill and became a Pugilist.
Fables in Slang George Ade 1905
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"What have you in the hat-box, my friend?" inquired the Pugilist.
Fantastic Fables Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? 1899
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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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