half-arm

Strength was the thing that scored, hard half-arm smashes, left and right, at face and body, and the guard could look after itself.

The Pothunters 1928

I was a little disappointed with its half-arm hook, which dislodged a teacup and gave what would have been an easy catch to mid-on standing close in by the sofa; but I am convinced that a little oil will soon put that right.

Once a Week 1919

He jabbed ineffectually at the earth with the mattock, using a short tight blow with a half-arm movement.

The Brimming Cup Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918

"Them half-arm jolts of his sure shook me some; he'd have got me in th 'third if I hadn't clinched."

The Definite Object A Romance of New York Jeffery Farnol 1915

Joe's open glove, and once he ducks a vicious swing and lands a half-arm jolt that makes Joe grin and stagger, whereat the Old Un, standing upon his chair, hugs himself in an ecstasy, and forgetful of such small matters as five-dollar bills, urges, prays, beseeches, and implores the

The Definite Object A Romance of New York Jeffery Farnol 1915

With a sweeping half-arm blow he struck the mud and the mud retaliated.

No Man's Land 1912

Marion Slater stood with Masters by one of the Dutch windows, criticizing the design with a painter's half-arm gestures.

The Readjustment Will Irwin 1910

Instead, with the speed of light, he stepped in, ducking the hammer-fist and plying both hands with bewildering quickness and skill, in a shower of half-arm blows at the beach comber's heart and wind.

Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Albert Payson Terhune 1907

But my swipe didn't reach him by an inch, and the best I could do was to swap half-arm jolts until I'd got steadied down again.

Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907

But he acted like he'd got a half-arm jolt on the wind.

Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907