Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Without boxing gloves.
- adjective Wearing no boxing gloves.
- adjective Unrestrained by scruples.
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- adjective characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules
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Examples
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No matter what the season brings, few Sundays will match the last two weeks with bare-knuckle wins over old foes and the fresh air of a new coach ....
More players on Shanahan vs. Zorn Dan Steinberg 2010
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Fight ClubPlot: Office worker Ed Norton is introduced to a cool bare-knuckle club by Brad Pitt.
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She rules the roost, sitting pretty after besting "Missy Thang" from the coal company in a secret bare-knuckle negotiation that includes a payday for Boyd Crowder as well, since he got Raylan's folks to sign their rights over to him, not to Black Pike.
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Mat Gleason is known for being a bare-knuckle art critic.
FineArtsViews Interviews Mat Gleason, Art Critic/Founder of Coagula The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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A bare-knuckle fighter, persecution, poverty, the Spanish Inquisition even.
TV review: Timothy Spall: Back at Sea; Who Do You Think You Are?; Village SOS 2011
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NC: You've been known to attend bare-knuckle fights.
Naomi Campbell Interviews Vladimir Putin (PHOTO) Hilary Moss 2011
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A bare-knuckle, action-driven series, peppered with social commentary and dark humor, STRANGE GIRL is a story about the bewildering nature of religion, what would happen if the dark future predicted by many came true, and what a good person would endure for not having faith in advance of it.
Strange Girl gets collected in January | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Personally, I would have liked to see Anthony Michael Hall pull the upset on Judd Nelson, matching up with Emilio Estevez in a bare-knuckle brawl to see who walks away with the prom queen.
Top 10 Movies Ruined by a Female Presence » Scene-Stealers 2009
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But the bare-knuckle fight I attended was very impressive.
Naomi Campbell Interviews Vladimir Putin (PHOTO) Hilary Moss 2011
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Mat Gleason is known for being a bare-knuckle art critic.
FineArtsViews Interviews Mat Gleason, Art Critic/Founder of Coagula The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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