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characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules
a rough-and-tumble fight
rough-and-tumble politics
undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism
How To Use bare-knuckle In A Sentence
- In the bare-knuckle street-fights of Australian politics - such as the constitutional crisis in 1975 and last year's Federal election campaign - we have played by the rules.
- It has more of an international flavor than The Singapore Story, noted for its bare-knuckle account of Separation from Malaysia, and may be more mellow.
- Sports fans eat this kind of bare-knuckled action with a tablespoon.
- He can handle himself in a bare-knuckle fight. The Sun
- It is believed these tensions arose in the wake of a bare-knuckle fight contest the previous weekend.
- However, repeatedly characterizing McCain's false claims as him likely being "confused" is defensible, and within the bounds of bare-knuckled political brawling. Archive 2008-03-01
- In 1889 John L Sullivan defeated Jake Kilrain in Mississippi after 75 rounds - the last bare-knuckle heavyweight title contest.
- Ritchie obligingly came up with the idea of casting the US superstar as an Irish bare-knuckle gypsy boxer.
- On Anoushka's return to London, where she works full-time as a lawyer, she will have a brief period of rest before continuing her training with bare-knuckle fighters and tyre-hauling around London's parks.
- Mat Gleason is known for being a bare-knuckle art critic. FineArtsViews Interviews Mat Gleason, Art Critic/Founder of Coagula