three-fisted

Adjective

three-fisted (not comparable)

1. Having three components or parts.
   • Regimental Gift Set. The Deluxe Combination, a three-fisted gift in a handsome leather-like case with regimental colors and distinctive regimental medallion. After Shave Lotion, Deluxe Shower Soap, Cologne for Men. $9.501966 November 25, “Max Factor's Royal Regiment Gift List for Men [advertisement]”, in LIFE, volume 61, number 22, page 2
2. Aggressive, energetic, enthusiastic, exuberant; two-fisted.
   • [']I'm a real, slam-bang, honest-to-goodness, three-fisted humdinger. I'm a bona fide supraman.' 'Superman?' Clevinger cried. 'Superman?' 'Supraman,' Yossarian corrected.1961 (republished 2010), Joseph Heller, Catch-22, London: Vintage Books, ISBN 978-0-09-955218-5, page 22
   • Circus World, John Wayne, Claudia Cardinale, Rita Hayworth. The Duke is a three-fisted boss of a two-ring travelling Wild West show. '64.1968 November 4, “TV and FM Week”, in Ruth Gilbert, editor, New York, volume 1, number 31, →ISSN, page 65
3. In three-fisted drinker: able to consume large quantities of liquor without ill effects; heavy (drinker); compare two-fisted drinker.
   • A Bajoran rushed past with an armful of phaser rifles, another with a box of hand phasers. God help me, thought O'Brien. I'm a lover, not a fighter! Husband, father, engineer, amateur magician, raconteur, and three-fisted drinker ... never a warrior!1999, Dafydd ab Hugh, chapter 3, in Fallen Heroes [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; 5], New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books
   • Once a three-fisted drinker and smoker, Mr. [Clive] James, 75, was found to have leukemia in 2010, with the added complications on emphysema and kidney failure.2014 October 31, Steven Erlanger, “A writer whose pen never rests, even facing death [print version: His pen never rests, even in face of death, International New York Times, 3 November 2014, p. 1]”...