Definition of prizefight
:a professional boxing match
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Why would anyone bring a little girl to a prizefight?
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Contenders abound: Netflix and Amazon (both of which also won their first Oscars on Sunday night) are currently slugging it out over the rights to the hottest properties at festivals from Park City to Berlin in a global prizefight for Oscar gold.
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Contenders abound: Netflix and Amazon (both of which also won their first Oscars on Sunday night) are currently slugging it out over the rights to the hottest properties at festivals from Park City to Berlin in a global prizefight for Oscar gold.
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Even before Ivana was out, Donald was loaning money to Maples’s father and inviting him up to Atlantic City to attend prizefights.
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As in any good prizefight, everybody came out the richer Friday, putting aside the potentially severe internal injuries.
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First Known Use of prizefight
1929
PRIZEFIGHT Defined for English Language Learners
prizefight
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Definition of prizefight for English Language Learners
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: a fight between two professional boxers for money
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