different between fisticuffs vs haymaker

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fisticuffs pl (plural only)

plural of fisticuff
(plural only, informal) An impromptu fight with the fists, usually between only two people.
- 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers, "Virginibus Puerisque,"
  People who share a cell in the Basti[l]le […] if they do not immediately fall to fisticuffs, will find some possible ground of compromise.
- 1890, Edmondo de Amicis translated by Caroline Tilton, Holland and Its People, Chapter XII
  […] , his head all scarred with the sticks and fisticuffs which he had got in the taverns at Utrecht, […]
(plural only, sports, dated) Bare-knuckled boxing, a form of boxing done without boxing gloves or similar padding.
- 1870, Charles Dicken, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Chapter XVII
  In his college days of athletic exercises, Mr. Crisparkle had known professors of the Noble Art of fisticuffs, […]

hay +? maker

haymaker (plural haymakers)

(agriculture) A person or machine which harvests or prepares tall grass for use as animal fodder.
(informal, fisticuffs) A particularly powerful punch, especially one which knocks down an opponent, thrown like a scythe chop for cutting hay, as agricultural haymakers used to have strong arms.
- 1997, George Church, "Newt's Day of Deliverance," Time, 20 Jan.,
  The saga of Newt Gingrich's ethics suddenly resembles a brawl between blindfolded boxers who flail away so wildly that each lands a haymaker on his own jaw.
(figuratively, by extension) Any decisive blow, shock, or forceful action.
- 2007, Shawn Tully, "Private equity: End of the golden age?," CNNMoney.com, 18 Jun. (retrieved 10 Sep. 2008),
  The real potential haymaker for the industry is a proposal, now gaining support in Congress, that would tax the profits private equity reaps on selling companies not at the low cap gains rate, but at the regular income tax rate.

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