cross-buttock

British  

noun

1. a wrestling throw in which the hips are used as a fulcrum to throw an opponent

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Example Sentences

Twice before had we fought him—at our own option—over the bonnet; for 'twas a sturdy villain, and famous for the cross-buttock.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John

This was done quickly and scientifically, and it convinced Hodge that Bascomb could not work the cross-buttock on Merriwell.

From Frank Merriwell's Chums by Standish, Burt L.

He also gave him some hints in wrestling, and taught him the throw called the cross-buttock.

From Dr. Jolliffe's Boys by Feller, Frank

"John Proudfoot took me—so—and tried to give me the cross-buttock, but I caught his eye and twisted him on my hip—so—and down he went in a bash!"

From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir

Robert Rowantree, a big six foot, fifteen-stone man, who practised a slaughtering cross-buttock, used to say that no man could so effectually stop it as Jemmy Fawcett.

From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Gilpin, Sidney