(The), subs. phr. (pugilistic).—The naked fists.
1887. Daily News, 15 Sept., 4, 8. This encounter was without gloves, or, in the elegant language of the ring, with the RAW UNS.
1891. Sporting Life, 26 March. I will stake £1000 to £800, and fight you with the RAW-’UNS. Ibid. Even Jem Carney … has been obliged to abandon the RAW-UN’S for gloves pure and simple.
