25 November 1966, Max Factor's Royal Regiment Gift List for Men advertisement, Regimental Gift Set. The Deluxe Combination, a three-fisted gift in a handsome leather-like case with regimental colors and distinctive regimental medallion. After Shave Lotion, Deluxe Shower Soap, Cologne for Men. $9.50
1961 (republished 2010), Joseph Heller, Catch-22, London: Vintage Books, , page 22:'I'm a real, slam-bang, honest-to-goodness, three-fisted humdinger. I'm a bona fide supraman.' 'Superman?' Clevinger cried. 'Superman?' 'Supraman,' Yossarian corrected.
4 November 1968, Ruth Gilbert, ed., TV and FM Week, w:Circus World (film)
1993, Jay Conrad Levinson, Guerrilla Marketing Excellence: The 50 Golden Rules for Small-business Success, Advertising promotes your product and the names of your outlets. And while this is going on, you've got to remind folks of the benefits offered in your ads by means of powerful in-store signs. This golden rule packs a three-fisted punch that commands success for you and your retailers.
2003, Hunter S. Thompson, The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time, He has devised another one of his famous fourth-down game breakers — the same kind of three-fisted brainstorm that climaxed with his decision to defuse the whole impeachment process by releasing his own version of "the tapes," or the time he figured out how to put a quick lid on the Watergate burglary investigation by blaming the whole thing on John Dean.
2014, Gwen Gardner, Second Death Eady: Afterlife Novella Series; book 1 Chapter Gertrude's Garden, Badger clenched my hand in his and pulled me forward, hissing under his breath, “Don't stare. Not sure I could take on a three-fisted ... whatever it is.â€
1999, Dafydd ab Hugh, Fallen Heroes [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; 5] Chapter 3, A Bajoran rushed past with an armful of phaser rifles, another with a box of hand phasers. God help me, thought O'Brien. I'm a lover, not a fighter! Husband, father, engineer, amateur magician, raconteur, and three-fisted drinker ... never a warrior!
