prizefight

or prize fight

[ prahyz-fahyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a contest between boxers for a prize, a sum of money, etc.; a professional boxing match.

prizefight

/ ˈpraɪzˌfaɪt /

a boxing match for a prize or purse, esp one of the fights popular in the 18th and 19th centuries

First recorded in 1695–1705

He stunned himself with another of the monstrous points in his pet girl's honeymoon: 'A prizefight?'

Who could have guessed when she left my house she was on her way to a prizefight and a greengrocer's in Whitechapel.

Biddle: The act of introducing a prizefight in a Sunday School.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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