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单词 grass fighter
释义

grass fighter

noun Australian
A bare-knuckle fighter: I used to have a bit of a reputation as a grass fighter...
  • What's this about you being a great grass fighter, Grandfather?
  • He became known as the best grass fighter in the back country.
  • He reckoned any good Australian grass fighter, fast on his feet, could skittle a man with a shillelagh in no time.

Origin

Early 20th century: perhaps from a slang sense of the verb grass 'to knock an adversary down'.

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