"Hammer lock" Quotes from Famous Books
... defense and bore him down into a hold of death. And each time Chick somehow wriggled out, and saved himself by a new hold. The struggle became a blur—muscle, legs, the lust for killing—and hatred. Twice Watson essayed the offensive; first he got a hammer lock, and then a half-Nelson. The Bar broke ... — The Blind Spot • Austin Hall and Homer Eon Flint |