Vocabulary Word
Word: pugilist
Definition: boxer; CF. pugilism: boxing
Definition: boxer; CF. pugilism: boxing
Sentences Containing 'pugilist'
Two or three masks strove to knock his moccoletto out of his hand; but Albert, a first rate pugilist, sent them rolling in the street, one after the other, and continued his course towards the church of San Giacomo.
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