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[US] N. Fleischer in Ring Nov. 10: beezer, mug, phiz—The face.
at beezer, n.1
[US] N. Fleischer in Ring Nov. 10: In the bout between Tom Smallwood and Richard Harris, which lasted an hour and was fought in 1741, we find Harris using his ‘bunch of fives,’ meaning his fists, to good advantage.
at bunch of fives, n.
[US] N. Fleischer in Ring Nov. 10: conk, smeller, nozzle – The nose.
at conk, n.1
[US] N. Fleischer in Ring Nov. 10: dumb dora -- A stupid fellow.
at dumb dora (n.) under dumb, adj.1
[US] N. Fleischer in Ring Nov. 10: the flats--The suckers.
at flat, n.2
[US] N. Fleischer in Ring Nov. 10: on the fritz or on the bum—Very poor.
at on the fritz (adj.) under fritz, n.2
[US] N. Fleischer in Ring Nov. 10: A lallapalooza—A crashing punch.
at lallapaloosa, n.
[US] N. Fleischer in Ring Nov. 10: mauler -- A hand.
at mauler, n.
[US] N. Fleischer in Ring Nov. 10: taking the nod—Unconscious.
at nod, n.1
[US] N. Fleischer in Ring Nov. 10: conk, smeller, nozzle—The nose.
at nozzle, n.
[US] N. Fleischer in Ring Nov. 10: A shellacking or a pasting or a severe beating or licking today is just another expression for a ‘snoozing,’ which the oldtimers got.
at pasting, n.
[US] N. Fleischer in Ring Nov. 10: full of pepper or pep – Full of action.
at pepper, n.
[US] N. Fleischer in Ring Nov. 10: A shellacking or a pasting or a severe beating or licking today is just another expression for a ‘snoozing,’ which the oldtimers got.
at shellacking, n.
[US] N. Fleischer in Ring Nov. 10: toddlers--Pedestrians.
at toddler, n.
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