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barroom brawls

barroom brawls is the plural of barroom brawl.

Meaning of barroom brawl

Noun

barroom brawl (plural barroom brawls)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A brawl in a barroom.
    • His name was Charlie Upton, from Liverpool. And he had a penchant for whiskey and barroom brawls.2017, Sam Shepard, Spy of the First Person, →ISBN, page 8
  2. A conflict with no rules.
    • The naval battle which cost the Japanese 23 ships off Guadalcanal November 13 was a gigantic "barroom brawl with all lights out and every body swinging," Captain Edward Parker related today.1942 December 19, “Guadalcanal's Great Naval Battle Barroom Brawl, Says Commander”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  3. An inferior boxing match.

Questions about barroom brawls

What is barroom brawls the plural of?
Barroom brawls is the plural of barroom brawl.

Words near barroom brawls in the dictionary

  1. Barron
  2. Barron County
  3. Barronese
  4. barroom
  5. barroom brawl
  6. barroom brawls
  7. barrooms
  8. Barros
  9. Barroso
  10. Barrosos
  11. Barrouallie

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