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boxer

/ˈbɑksɚ/ noun C2
  1. A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.

Plural boxers

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I have always held, too, that pistol practice should be distinctly an open-air pastime; and when Holmes, in one of his queer humours, would sit in an armchair with his hair-trigger and a hundred Boxer cartridges, and proceed to adorn the opposite wall with a patriotic V.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 1 · B2
Is an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 15 · B2
The other is Sam Merton, the boxer.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 33 · B2
The boxer still addressed his remarks to his associate.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 42 · B2

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