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Boxer Willard Defeated By Jack Dempsey For The World Heavyweight Title Crossword Clue

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noun

• A short strap fastened around the leg of a bird used in falconry, to which a leash may be fastened.

• A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.

• A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.

• A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.

• An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.

• A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.

• A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.

• Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.

• The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.

• A hard, black form of coal, sometimes used in jewellery.

• (color) The colour of jet coal, deep grey.

verb

• To fasten a strap around the leg of a hawk.

adverb

• Only, simply, merely.

• (sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.

• Used to convey a less serious or formal tone

• Used to show humility.

• (degree) absolutely, positively

• Moments ago, recently.

• By a narrow margin; closely; nearly.

• Exactly, precisely, perfectly.

89%13Defeated opponents such as Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard
noun

• United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983)

77%7 Played by Jack Dempsey in the film 'Dempsey'
noun

• United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983)

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