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Half nelson   /hæf nˈɛlsən/   Listen
Half nelson

noun
1.
A wrestling hold in which the holder puts an arm under the opponent's arm and exerts pressure on the back of the neck.





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"Half nelson" Quotes from Famous Books



... dark shadow ahead, which he mentally registered as Link because he seemed long to tackle, and then kicked behind at the thing that came after, and struggled manfully with a throttling hand on his throat till a wad of vile cloth was forced into his mouth—and just as he had a half Nelson on Shorty, too! If he could have got Shorty down and stood on him he might have beaten off Link until Chief got there. Where was Chief? Where was the gun? Where was he? His head was swimming. Was it ...
— The City of Fire • Grace Livingston Hill


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