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Air Punching Pugilist Crossword Clue

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41%7 Practical type, pugilist punching others
noun

• a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them

• a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly

• a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style

28%7 A pugilist or a fighter
noun

• a large and strong and heavyset man

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