Word: wristed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Invisible weapons might include: a six-inch lady's hatpin, or a wrist knife strapped to the wrist with the hilt downwards; a knife hung around the neck; a small revolver held up the sleeve by rubber bands; a stiletto with a nine-inch blade. Other useful weapons : a hammer, cheese-cutters (wires with wooden handles, handy for garroting) ; a handkerchief with a fistful of sand in it. Besides blankets, extra socks, binoculars, rifles, burnt cork to blacken the face, etc., an important part of the equipment is 25 to 30 yards of fishline. This has many uses...
Visibly weakening in the third bout, Rottjer managed to nip Damonte's shoulder, then gritted his teeth as Damonte's blade cut deep into his own right wrist...
Because of a sprained wrist which has bothered him since the Dartmouth meet, Dick Pfister has decided to cancel his entry in the shotput. Pfister also has a record of firsts in every Varsity meet this year, and Mikkola thought his chances of placing in the IC4A would have been pretty good if he could have put the shot around the 48 foot mark...
...telling us in anemic harmony to Remember Pearl Harbor, to Keep 'Em Flying, and that We Did It Before And We'll Do It Again, and all right for you, Adolf Hitler, you just stop being so mean or we'll give you a great big slap on the wrist, you nasty thing...
...John Laurie, Lord Mayor of London, stumbled out of his car in a blackout, fell, broke his wrist. He put off the trip to the hospital till he had done his job: posting outside Mansion House official notice of a royal birth...