half-nelson

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half-nelson

a wrestling hold in which a wrestler places an arm under one of his opponent's arms from behind and exerts pressure with his palm on the back of his opponent's neck

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No references found			It was the half-Nelson of modern wrestling which the untaught ape-man had stumbled upon, but superior reason showed him in an instant the value of the thing he had discovered. Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context I remember I succeeded in getting on him what in my college days I learned was called a half-Nelson. Before Adam by London, Jack View in context Where you learned that half-Nelson," Martin answered. Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context			half-crown half-cut notch half-cycle transmission half-dog setscrew half-dovetail notch half-dugout half-duplex half-duplex circuit half-duplex operation half-duplex repeater half-gabled half-glass door half-hard half-hardy plant half-header half-height drive half-hipped roof half-hour half-inch tape half-lap joint half-lattice girder Half-Life half-loaded half-moon half-mortise hinge half-nelson half-node Half-Open Interval half-period zones half-pipe half-pitch roof half-power beamwidth half-power frequency half-power point half-pulse-repetition-rate delay half-relief half-ripsaw half-round file half-round gutter half-round molding half-shade plate half-shaft half-shift register half-side formulas half-silvered surface half-space landing half-space stair half-span roof half-subtracter half-surface hinge half-through arch			Half-lives Half-lives Half-lives half-loaded Half-lunette Half-lunette half-mad Half-Man-Half Tree Half-marathon Half-Marathon Pace half-marathons half-mast half-masted half-masting half-masts Half-Maximal Inhibitory Dose Half-Maxwell Fish Eye half-measures half-mile half-miler half-minute half-monthly half-moon half-moon half-moon half-moons half-moons half-mortise hinge half-mourning half-naked half-nelson half-node half-normal saline Half-note half-open half-open interval half-open interval Half-Operator half-p half-pace Half-Page Double Spread Half-Page Double Spreads Half-palindrome Half-palindrome Half-palindrome half-panelled half-pay half-pedalling Half-Perimeter Wire Length half-period zones half-pie Half-pike half-pin splint half-pin splint half-pin splint half-pint half-pint Half-pipe Half-pipe Half-pipes Half-pipes

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