Fair enough! I think “punch-ons” is a fairly new word though, often meaning everyone in. The old school term was “a bar-room brawl” or one on one “a bit of a biff” or nothing serious “fisty-cuffs”.
Spelled ‘fisticuffs’ I think. Punch-on is perfectly respectable slang though. If you want REALLY old slang, try ‘wigs on the green’ for a brawl. As a phrase survived here in Aus a lot longer than its place of origin.
Fair enough! I think “punch-ons” is a fairly new word though, often meaning everyone in. The old school term was “a bar-room brawl” or one on one “a bit of a biff” or nothing serious “fisty-cuffs”.
It’s surely a newer word. I do like fisticuffs, but doesn’t quite suit the gruffness of ole Constable Harris.
I love how the aussie lingo has 99 words to describe a fight 😂
Spelled ‘fisticuffs’ I think. Punch-on is perfectly respectable slang though. If you want REALLY old slang, try ‘wigs on the green’ for a brawl. As a phrase survived here in Aus a lot longer than its place of origin.