Even as animals in a pit they fought, now on their knees straining each to break the other's hold, now wallowing together on the floor, now on their feet, slogging like bruisers of the old school.
"Alias The Lone Wolf"
Louis Joseph Vance
These "bruisers" of the hunting field ought to be made to carry three stone dead weight; they should be "trashed for overtopping."
"A Cotswold Village"
J. Arthur Gibbs
He was amused and delighted with the spectacle of horses, jockeys, and bruisers.
"Curiosities of Impecuniosity"
H. G. Somerville