body-line
Britishadjective
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They displayed Mr. Gaytten’s body-line tailoring, as did the sharp evening clothes.
From New York Times
A Nottinghamshire miner named Harold Larwood caused an international incident in 1933 with "body-line bowling": he tried to knock down Australian batsmen with beanballs, and sometimes succeeded.
From Time Magazine Archive
When on horseback his legs hardly reached the lower body-line of his mount, and only his extreme agility enabled him to get on successfully.
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