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Search phrase: fist

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW I.i.33A fistula, my lord.A Fistula my Lord.
CoriolanusCor IV.v.128Unbuckling helms, fisting each other's throat – Vnbuckling Helmes, fisting each others Throat,
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.i.20An I but fist him once, an 'a come but within myIf I but fist him once: if he come but within my
Henry VH5 II.i.64Give me thy fist, thy forefoot to me give;Giue me thy fist, thy fore-foote to me giue:
Henry VH5 IV.i.46Of parents good, of fist most valiant.of Parents good, of Fist most valiant:
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.iv.36Whom with my bare fists I would execute,Whom with my bare fists I would execute,
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.vii.75Him that thou magnifiest with all these titlesHim that thou magnifi'st with all these Titles,
Henry VI Part 22H6 I.i.243Nor hold the sceptre in his childish fist,Nor hold the Scepter in his childish Fist,
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.x.46Thy hand is but a finger to my fist;Thy hand is but a finger to my fist,
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.i.153And wring the awful sceptre from his fist,And wring the awefull Scepter from his Fist,
King JohnKJ II.i.465But buffets better than a fist of France.But buffets better then a fist of France:
PericlesPer IV.vi.165To the choleric fisting of every rogueTo the cholerike fisting of euery rogue,
Troilus and CressidaTC II.i.37He would pun thee into shivers with his fist,He would pun thee into shiuers with his fist,
Troilus and CressidaTC II.iii.200If I go to him, with my armed fistIf I goe to him, with my armed fist,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.ii.34A fescue in her fist, and you shall see her a feskue in her fist, and you shall see her
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.i.30.2.1he bends his fist at Arcitebends his fist at Arcite.

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Glossary

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closetightly, close-fistedly, stintingly
figword used along with a rude gesture [of the thumb between the first two fingers of a fist]
figoword used along with a rude gesture [of the thumb between the first two fingers of a fist]
fiststrike [with the fist], punch, knock
fistingpunching, knock, boxing
fistulatype of ulcer, abscess
neaffist, clenched hand
niggardlymean-minded, tight-fisted, miserly

Thesaurus

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close-fistedlyclose
fistneaf
strike [with the fist]fist
tight-fistedniggardly

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
FISTBASICfist n, fist v, fisting n
FISTULABASICfistula n

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