grapevine

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The lock of the arm at the back of the neck, those holds known as the Nelson and the half-Nelson, and the ancient "hip lock," and the ineffectual schoolboy "grapevine"--he would none of things so crude, and slipped out of them like a snake.

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  1. noun A vine on which grapes grow.
  2. noun The informal transmission of information, gossip, or rumor from person to person.
  3. noun A usually unrevealed source of confidential information.

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  • Because the rumors of that first party were still fresh on the grapevine, the place was packed with rowdy people, mostly male, who attacked the punch like they had heard there was a prize for the first one to achieve permanent brain damage. —  DearlyDevotedDexter
  • News of the extraordinary transaction was bound to spread quickly to Cathra via the financial grapevine, and the Lords of the Southern Shore would ask embarrassing public questions of the Crown. —  May, Julian - Boreal Moon 2 - Ironcrown Moon
  • Nobody could doubt that The prison grapevine is a furtive thing. —  071 - Mad Mesa
  • Koko wants me to ask you if the Lockmaster sniping case was ever closed Nope There was something about a member of the family being involved – on the grapevine, that is. —  THE CAT WHO WENT BANANAS
  • Given the efficiency of the local grapevine, there was no way he wouldn't hear about the lab team going over the cabin. —  dummy2
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