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Definition of grass fighter in English: grass fighternoun Australian A bare-knuckle fighter. I used to have a bit of a reputation as a grass fighter Example sentencesExamples - The former old-time star was a great grass fighter.
- What's this about you being a great grass fighter, Grandfather?
- Those were the bare-knuckle days, kinged over by the grim grass fighters.
- Brawlers and, you know, grass fighters—could they get these blood clots and things?
- 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.
- He was something of a local grass fighter and much loved by all.
- His shuffling gait was deceptive—he was as lithe and agile as a buck deer and a tough grass fighter.
- The things most admired in a man were his abilities as a drinker, a grass fighter, a raconteur, and a worker.
- It was not infrequently an advantage to be a good grass fighter.
Origin Early 20th century: perhaps from a slang sense of the verb grass 'to knock an adversary down'. |