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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Perhaps from Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), one-armed English admiral

half nelson

 noun
     
Related topics: Sport
half nel‧son [countable]
DS a way of holding your opponent's arm behind their back in the sport of wrestling
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