Queensberry

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Queensberry

  1. A hill in the Lowther Hills area in the Southern Uplands, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  2. (attributive) The Queensberry rules of boxing.
    • 2012, Mike Silver, The Arc of Boxing: The Rise and Decline of the Sweet Science:
      Fighters preparing for a Queensberry marathon contest had to train and fight with the distance in mind.

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