Baritsu

//bɑːˈɹɪtsuː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Bartitsu, a martial art, based on jujitsu, popular in late-Victorian England. uncountable

    "We tottered together upon the brink of the fall. I have some knowledge, however, of baritsu, or the Japanese system of wrestling, which has more than once been very useful to me."

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"I have some knowledge, however, of baritsu, or the Japanese system of wrestling, which has more than once been very useful to me."

Etymology

Variant of Bartitsu, used mainly after Conan Doyle (for whom it may have been a misprint).

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