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What does this phrase mean? Are dukes fists?
Yes? Duke as fist is a pretty establisted bit of slang.
The etymology is what's gonna make you mad.
Lmao I'd never heard it in that context and yeah the etymology is a bit oblique. I'm guessing 'duke it out' comes from the same root
that or pictures of dukes for beheading and the like