He also admitted he'd attended one "prizefight" in his life - presumably not in the era when such a term was widely used. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Sun minimized some of the "gifts" itemized in the government's case, such as prizefight tickets and World Series luxury box seats. From Wordnik.com. [AroundTheCapitol.com] Reference
Perverse curiosity, like the prizefight spectator. From Wordnik.com. [A Call to Arms]
We need to think about this thing like a prizefight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 15, 2001] Reference
"I've never seen a prizefight," Lizzie said wistfully. From Wordnik.com. [A Place Called Freedom]
The secretary of defense is assassinated at a prizefight. From Wordnik.com. [Early Warning 2] Reference
In a surprise decision -- does this sound like a prizefight?. From Wordnik.com. [Why "Obama's Mac" to "Hillary's PC" Is Just the Beginning of a Paradigm Shift In Business & Media - MediaBizBuzz for March 31, 2008] Reference
So, if this is a prizefight, round one goes to the United States. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2003] Reference
But we are not dealing with a lawsuit, a prizefight, or a football game. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty-Twenty Foresight: Reviews of Old Books on Indochina] Reference
The marquee outside reads BIDEN V PALIN like it's a televised prizefight. From Wordnik.com. [Palin To Go On Attack Against Biden On ... Foreign Policy?] Reference
Now listen, I'm putting on a prizefight at the Pelican in Shadwell next Saturday. From Wordnik.com. [A Place Called Freedom]
Promoted to assistant Sunday editor, she was the first woman to cover a prizefight. From Wordnik.com. [Doris Fleischman.] Reference
This was a man, Willsen thought, who would be at home in a palace or at a prizefight. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Prey]
Egan is wearing a souvenir Holyfield-Foreman "Battle of the Ages" prizefight sweatshirt. From Wordnik.com. [The Axis of Hackensack] Reference
Welles Noonan has got this Southside hard-on because you compromised his prizefight job. From Wordnik.com. [White Jazz]
Later, when the prizefight was over, Joe Adler told her who the ‘sportsman’ really was. From Wordnik.com. [Chaplin’s Girl] Reference
Jake McCloskey was not one to wonder why folks would spend good money to watch a prizefight. From Wordnik.com. [Come Again No More] Reference
He likened those physically demanding concerts to "a prizefight," but still recalls many of them. From Wordnik.com. [A Rock and Roll Dinosaur Rolls On] Reference
Of some interest is the continued refining of the word “prizefight” vis-à-vis a boxing match. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference
Federal agents are soon to scold Mickey for infringing on the contracts of local prizefight palookas. From Wordnik.com. [White Jazz]
Noonan's prizefight probe went out the window too, so now he's hot to get something going in Niggertown. From Wordnik.com. [White Jazz]
Dissolve to a Roman orgy with gladiators, dissolve back to modern times, complete with a female prizefight. From Wordnik.com. [Empire of Dreams] Reference
At first Rachet smiled broadly as he waved his handcuffed hands high over his head like a prizefight winner. From Wordnik.com. [The Season of the Machete]
We want a 15-round prizefight every day with Xerox Ben, Howell or DeadEye, or Brady or Joementum or whomever…. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: Jump Right On] Reference
Strangely, the scene Virginia evokes is the filming of a prizefight, the setting for her own first encounter with Chaplin. From Wordnik.com. [Chaplin’s Girl] Reference
He looked at the door and remembered the prizefight, and knew that the fight between Dirk and Brock would be equally vicious. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
The end resembled a prizefight, Troicki punching hard to the end before Djokovic served out and they hugged in mutual respect. From Wordnik.com. [US Open 2010: Viktor Troicki almost catches Novak Djokovic cold] Reference
And out comes Joe as if announcing a prizefight speaking of champions soon to set foot in his ring that he calls the Showcase. From Wordnik.com. [ron offen | mike kohler | bill jacobs | miller hanks | poetryjazz quartet « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference
It was like the rest between the rounds of a prizefight. From Wordnik.com. [Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative] Reference
If it were a prizefight, the ref would have called it. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference
It was a cross between a prizefight and 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. From Wordnik.com. [TV Squad] Reference
In the following video is a CNET TV prizefight between Snow Leopard and Windows. From Wordnik.com. [ZDNET.com.au] Reference
Pick the next prizefight: HTC Droid Incredible vs? jetscott: What makes a good iPad game?. From Wordnik.com. [The Download Blog: Software tips, news, and opinions from Download.com editors]
American blue chips now would be like entering a prizefight with one hand tied behind your back. From Wordnik.com. [Fool.com: The Motley Fool] Reference
Here in the least populous state in the nation, 2A basketball is not a lunchroom scrap, it's a prizefight. From Wordnik.com. [High Country News - Most Recent] Reference
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