Definition of "bruisers" [bruisers]

• Plural form of bruiser. (noun)

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• "It was said that he was a close and a bright student who, though not lacking for money, took little interest in sports, belonging only to the "bruisers," as the boxing class was called."
• "If any "bruisers" were in the pit, the manager presumed that they must have entered the house with the multitude who came in after the doorkeepers had been driven from their posts."
• "The return of the combative duo of Prescott and Campbell will also be seen as a response to the return of so-called "bruisers" like Clarke to the Tory frontbench."