cumaeansibyl:fozmeadows:scienceofsarcasm:Evening Post: August 12, 1899. “She immediately aligh
cumaeansibyl:fozmeadows:scienceofsarcasm:Evening Post: August 12, 1899. “She immediately alighted, caught hold of the astonished youth, and gave him a sound thrashing, using her fists in a scientific fashion…”I would love to know what this means.I think that might be code for “punched him in the balls with devastating accuracy”.Boxing is known as “the sweet science” — in the 19th century, to say that a person used their fists in a scientific fashion was generally meant to indicate that they had a knowledge of proper boxing technique. -- source link
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