bare-knuckle
adjective or adverbDefinition of bare-knuckle
1
: not using boxing gloves
champion bare-knuckle prizefighter of England— Dennis Craig when men fought bare-knuckle
2
: having a fierce unrelenting character
bare-knuckle politics
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The first known use of bare-knuckle was in 1882
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