prizefighting

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English

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Etymology

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See prizefight. Originally Prize Playing, with play referring to sparring, a practice fight. By surface analysis, prize +‎ fighting.

Noun

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prizefighting (usually uncountable, plural prizefightings)

  1. (sports) Professional boxing, in which two fighters compete for a prize.
    • 2002 September 22, Ron Fried, “VIEW; Separated at Birth: Fashion and Prize Fights”, in The New York Times[1]:
      OF all the people gathered on Ninth Avenue Wednesday night to watch Marc Jacobs's spring 2003 runway show, I'm fairly sure I was the only one thinking about prizefighting.
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