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mailed fist

noun

Definition of MAILED FIST

:  a threat of armed or overbearing force
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First Known Use of MAILED FIST

1897

Rhymes with MAILED FIST

A-list, assist, backlist, blacklist, B-list, checklist, consist, dean's list, delist, desist, encyst, enlist, entwist, exist, handlist, hit list, insist, life list, persist, playlist, protist, Rehnquist, resist, short list, short-list, subsist, untwist, wait-list, white list, wish list

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