barroom brawl
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A brawl in a barroom.
noun
An inferior boxing match.
Example Sentences
- "His name was Charlie Upton, from Liverpool. And he had a penchant for whiskey and barroom brawls."
- "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."
- ""We don't want to get involved in a barroom brawl with the United States" while there is still hope for revoking Reagan's decision, the official said."
- "But in a pair of debates this week, the campaign escalated into a barroom brawl, as a number of top candidates began throwing verbal punches at each other."