Feb 26, 2009 · Hats are having what they call a moment. I credit—some might say blame—Alexander McQueen, who topped the terrific Victorian bruiser looks in his Fall 2009 menswear collection in Milan with a...

Apr 15, 2017 · Huddersfield had a ‘gambling park’ run by a Victorian-era bruiser. Long before the opening of public parks such as Beaumont Park there was Green Stile Park where men placed bets upon various ‘sports’ from wrestling and coin tossing to sparrow shooting and dog racing.

THE great bruiser is born with his fighting quality. He carries that something into the ring with him when he first crawls through the ropes. Much is said about trainers and managers...

Abbess: Female brothel keeper. A Madame. Abbot: The husband, or preferred man of an Abbess. Area: The bellow ground servant's entrance in the front of many London town-homes. (This was slang that was used by both upper and lower classes).

May 30, 2009 · Sullivan’s boxing prowess and colorful personality made him the nation’s first sport’s celebrity. Critics thought he was a drunken lout, but others felt the champion was a masculine, rough and tumble breath of fresh air in the feminized and button-up Victorian age.

Title: The Bruiser. Artist: William Hogarth (British, London 1697–1764 London) Sitter: Satire on Charles Churchill (British, 1731–1764) Date: August 1, 1763. Medium: Etching and engraving; seventh state of seven. Dimensions: sheet: 14 13/16 x 10 5/8 in. (37.7 x 27 cm) Classification: Prints. Credit Line: Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891. Object ...

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The Bruiser played his game so well, that even the most experienced in the pugilistic science were unable to detect the fraud that was being practised upon them; and thousands were deceived into a belief that he was really doing his best to win.

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