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Queensberry rules (iou)



Queensberry rules noun phr. pl. L19.
[Sir John Sholto Douglas (1844-1900), eighth Marquis of Queensberry, who supervised the preparation of the rules.]
A code of rules drawn up in 1867 to govern the sport of boxing in Great Britain; the standard rules of modern boxing. Also transf., standard rules of polite or acceptable behaviour.