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Demp⋅sey

[demp-see]
–noun
Jack (William Harrison Dempsey), 1895–1983, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1919–26.
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Demp·sey   (děmp'sē)   
American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight title in 1919 but lost it to Gene Tunney in 1926. He brought new popularity to the sport of boxing in the United States.
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