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I've also heard feisty used to describe, in an admiring sense, somebody who won't give up on a favorite cause or a person who is energetic beyond their years.

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Jul 18, 2003 · : FICE An obsolete English word still used in Kentucky and the South for a small dog or cur, sometimes spelt 'phyce'. It is evidently the last ...

Jul 18, 2003 · Hence "feisty". : : Also explains "foisted upon" meaning an unwelcome presence or burden. : The reason for owning a fice : Though his habits ...

In this piece he makes the first recorded reference to 'fisty cuffs': “The foole… falls at fisty cuffes with him.” 'Loggerheads' is also the name of three small ...

Apr 19, 2001 · ... combat with the fists. (C17. Probably from 'fisty' - with the fists - and Cuff). © 1997 – 2024 Phrases.org.uk. All rights reserved. x. x.

Aug 31, 2000 · Fisty cuffs became fisticuffs, a fist fight. Phrase Finder. 2,500 English idioms, phrases and proverbs that we use every day, with their ...

It is said that the first use of the term dates back to about 75 years ago when the device was named after some servant it replaced, Susan being a common name ...