| 单词 | the pet of the fancy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Pet of the Fancy ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer buffeter1483 pugil1646 cuffer1662 boxer1672 pugilistc1740 setter-to1810 miller1812 sparrer1814 pet1825 pugilistic1827 slogger1829 fist-mate1834 peeler1852 pug1858 scrapper1874 slugger1877 slogster1881 basher1882 fisticuffer1888 ring man1899 ringster1902 pucker1919 1825 Edinb. Advertiser 26 July 467/3 There was a second fight, between the Pet of the Fancy (Dick Curtis) and Peter Warren. 1841 C. Dickens Let. 9 Feb. (1969) II. 208 ‘The Pet of the Fancy’, or ‘the Slashing Sailor Boy’, or ‘Young Sawdust’. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxiv. 303 James Crawley had met the Tutbury Pet, who was coming to Brighton to make a match with the Rottingdean Fibber; and enchanted by the Pet's conversation, had passed the evening in company with that..man. 1863 ‘Ouida’ Held in Bondage I. vi. 133 Du Loo and his pet of the Fancy retired to the far end of the room, and there set-to, delivering from the left shoulder. < as lemmas |
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