单词 | grass fighter |
释义 | > as lemmasgrass fighter grass fighter n. Australian (now chiefly historical) a person who fights bare-knuckle with few or no restrictions or regulations. ΚΠ 1909 Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Queensland) 2 Jan. 2/5 Both men are pretty well known in the North as grass fighters, so a game go was expected. 1918 Queanbeyan (New S. Wales) Age 13 Dec. 4/2 He was reckoned one of the Back Country's champion ‘grass fighters’. 1965 R. H. Conquest Horses in Kitchen 123 He reckoned any good Australian grass-fighter, fast on his feet, could skittle a shillelagh man in no time. 2002 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 15 Apr. 64 Information is eagerly sought on..Lithgow boxers, as well as on wrestling and grass fighters of the past. < as lemmas |
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