Which preposition to use with bouts

with Occurrences 37%

At another time and in a better place I would have liked a bout with him, for he has some notion of sword-play.

of Occurrences 37%

After a desperate bout of ineffectual pulling, the dogs with one mind stopped again, and lay down in their bloody tracks.

at Occurrences 14%

Willy shall be welcome to a mince-pie and a bout at commerce whenever he comes.

in Occurrences 6%

" "That may be," said the Tinker right sturdily, "but I am more deft than he, for did I not overcome Simon of Ely in a fair bout in the ring at Hertford Town?

for Occurrences 4%

Surely you would not forego a good bout for so small a matter?

like Occurrences 4%

They didn't have the Ku Klux but it was bout like it what they had.

between Occurrences 3%

The feast ended in drinking-bouts between dispersed bodies, who seemed to know the names of all the servants, and ordered as liberally as if in their own houses.

after Occurrences 2%

They had many little bouts after the one big quarrel.

as Occurrences 2%

"'Bout as common," replied the old woman.

among Occurrences 1%

This is but a very faint description of a true wrestling bout among the robust dwellers in these remote villages.

on Occurrences 1%

He had boils bout on him.

by Occurrences 1%

But of all this Augustus made no account; his daughter Julia, however, proved so dissolute that she held revels and drinking bouts by night in the Forum and on the very rostra.

Which preposition to use with  bouts