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Webster 1913 Edition


Set-to

Set′-toˊ

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Noun.
A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like.
[Colloq.]
Halliwell.

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set-to

set-to

See also: setto and settò

English

Noun

set-to (plural set-tos)

  1. a fight
    • ...we two had never had a serious quarrel, though I had had many a set-to with other lads, and had twice over given Bob Chowne black eyes.George Manville Fenn, "Devon Boys", 1887

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