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17th February 08, 11:35 PM
#51
 Originally Posted by Ian.MacAllan
In his novel Black Ajax, George MacDonald Fraser reports that in the bare-knuckle days of prizefighting in the UK (ca. 1820), "Set to." was the referee's command to begin or resume fighting.
You are quite correct.
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