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ˈin-ˌfighting, vbl. n.
[f. in adv. + fighting vbl. n.]
In pugilism: Fighting or boxing at close quarters; the practice of getting close up to an opponent: cf. quot. 1812 in in adv. 3. So ˈin-ˌfighter, a boxer who practises this method. Also fig. and transf.
1812Sporting Mag. XXXIX. 19 It would not be too much to denominate him as good an in-fighter. 1816Ibid. XLVII. 256 The combat lasted one hour and fifty minutes all at in-fighting. 1886D. C. Murray 1st Person Sing. xxviii. 201 There are otherwise admirable boxers who know nothing of what is called ‘in-fighting’... Once get inside the guard and they go to pieces. 1907J. London Iron Heel ii. 38 He was unused to this fierce ‘infighting’, as Ernest called it. 1928L. Woolley Sumerians ii. 52 Two [spears] have plain butts and are intended for in-fighting. 1930H. G. Wells Autocracy of Mr. Parham iv. i. 274 The temperament and tradition of both navies disposed them for attack and in-fighting. 1936G. B. Shaw Millionairess iv. 193 Epifania. You are two stone heavier than I; and I cannot keep my head at infighting as you can. 1960Auden Homage to Clio 79 Untrained in a ruthless Verbal in-fighting. 1970W. Smith Gold Mine xxxi. 78 She would use even the dirtiest in-fighting to see that Rod was not overlooked. 1972Listener 24 Aug. 241/1 The cheerful in-fighting that characterizes intellectual exchange between clinician and medical scientist. 1973Time 25 June 38/2 Inside the Politburo, he is known as a tough infighter. |