thump-upn.
slang.
= punch-up n.
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thump-up1967
1967 H. W. Sutherland Magnie vi. 80 There'd be a killing... But need it get as far as that?.. Just a thump up, maybe.
1978 Maledicta 1977 1 130 Teacher: ‘What would you have if you had 10 apples, and the boy next to you took 6 apples from you?’ Boy: ‘A thump-up (fight), Miss.’
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