Handygripes

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; close quarters in fighting. obsolete, plural, plural-only

    "For now the mastives, charging home, / To blows and handygripes were come:"

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grapplinggrapplingwrestling

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"For now the mastives, charging home, / To blows and handygripes were come:"

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close quarters

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