CLUB-FISTNOUN
a large clenched fist that can deal a heavy blow; hence, a rough, brutal fellow, a thug ...1575 obs. ETYMOLOGY from club + fist FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1575 - See Example below EXAMPLE "...The rascall rude, the rooge, the clubfist gript My little arme." From: Parts added to The Mirror for Magistrates Tragedy 5 Sabrine, 1575 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia, William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891 • A Dictionary of the English Language, Samuel Johnson, 1827 • A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words, A.L. Mayhew, 1914 • Webster's International Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Porter, 1895
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