flying mare

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noun

Wrestling. a method of attack in which a wrestler grasps the wrist of the opponent, turns in the opposite direction, and throws the opponent over the shoulder and down.

flying jenny.

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Origin of flying mare

First recorded in 1745–55

Words nearby flying mare

flying jib boom, flying kite, flying lemur, flying lizard, flying machine, flying mare, flying moor, flying mouse, flying officer, flying phalanger, flying picket

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How to use flying mare in a sentence

Russell went over his head in a Flying Mare as the crowd stood up and yelled.
Rimrock Trail|J. Allan Dunn
Loveliness-Inexhaustible leaped on her swift-flying mare, and hastened after the Tsarevich Ivan.
Russian Fairy Tales|R. Nisbet Bain
A large branch had fallen across the road, and Nick did not catch sight of it until too late to check the flying mare.
Through Forest and Fire|Edward Ellis
And now the home stretch, and the old pacer well up, collaring the flying mare and pacing her neck to neck.
The Bishop of Cottontown|John Trotwood Moore

Mason had secured a hold called the flying mare and had used it with telling effect.
Mason of Bar X Ranch|Henry Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for flying mare

flying mare

noun

a wrestling throw in which a wrestler seizes his opponent's arm or head (flying head mare) and turns to throw him over his shoulder

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