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Proper noun
Queensberry
- A hill in the Lowther Hills area in the Southern Uplands, Scotland, United Kingdom.
- (attributive) The Queensberry rules of boxing.
2012, Mike Silver, The Arc of Boxing: The Rise and Decline of the Sweet Science:Fighters preparing for a Queensberry marathon contest had to train and fight with the distance in mind.
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