Queensberry

Proper noun

Meaning

A hill in the Lowther Hills area in the Southern Uplands, Scotland, United Kingdom.

(attributive) The Queensberry rules of boxing.

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And if I catch you and my son again in any public restaurant I will thrash you" to which Wilde responded: "I don't know what the Queensberry rules are, but the Oscar Wilde rule is to shoot on sight". Source: Internet

De Profundis, Holland/Hart-Davis (2000:699–700) Ellmann (1988:396) Queensberry only described the scene once, saying Wilde had "shown him the white feather", meaning he had acted in a cowardly way. Source: Internet

Jackson, R. "The Importance of Being Earnest" in Raby, P. (Ed.) (1997:165) Wilde's professional success was mirrored by an escalation in his feud with Queensberry. Source: Internet

Raby (1988:120) Many names and ideas in the play were borrowed from people or places the author had known; Lady Queensberry, Lord Alfred Douglas 's mother, for example, lived at Bracknell. Source: Internet

Ellmann (1988:402) Queensberry, who feuded regularly with his son, confronted Wilde and Lord Alfred about the nature of their relationship several times, but Wilde was able to mollify him. Source: Internet

In contrast, at this time in England (the home of boxing and the Queensberry rules ), kicking was seen as unsportsmanlike. Source: Internet

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