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bare⋅knuck⋅le

  [bair-nuhk-uhl]
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–adjective
1. (of a prizefight, prizefighter, etc.) without boxing gloves; using the bare fists.
2. without conventional niceties; rough-and-tumble.
–adverb
3. without boxing gloves.
4. in a rough-and-tumble manner.
Also, bareknuckled.

Origin:
1920–25; bare 1 + knuckle
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