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baritsu
noun
Bartitsu, a martial art, based on jujitsu, popular in late-Victorian England.
1903
: We tottered together upon the brink of the fall. I have some knowledge, however, of , or the Japanese system of wrestling, which has more than once been very useful to me. " Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Empty House" (Norton 2005, p.791)
Etymology:
Variant of
Bartitsu
, used mainly after Conan Doyle (for whom it may have been a misprint).
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