Queensberry rules

Speech parts

1. Queensberry rules - Phrase

2. Queensberry rules - Proper noun

Meaning

Queensberry rules

A code of rules governing professional and amateur boxing, published in 1867 and endorsed by the ninth Marquess of Queensberry.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

Marquis of Queensberry rules Marquess of Queensbury rules Marquess of Queensberry rules Marquis of Queensbury Rules

Examples

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

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

Rules main The Marquess of Queensberry rules have been the general rules governing modern boxing since their publication in 1867. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

Queensberry rules

Close letter words and terms

queens Queens County Queensberry Queensboro Bridge Queensbury Queensbury Rules