nape

• “The creature's pudgy hands rested on the sleek arch of his belly; his nape was a roll of sooty fat that seemed to thrust his bullet head forward.”

  The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian

• “And she gradually noticed how the fine hairs on his nape were the color of Spanish gold; how his hands were large enough to hold her together.”

  Simon & Schuster: Salem Falls

• “The creature's pudgy hands rested on the sleek arch of his belly; his nape was a roll of sooty fat that seemed to thrust his bullet-head forward.”

  The Conan Chronicles

• “And the thumbs that pressed her nape were the same.”

  Beloved

• “The creature's pudgy hands rested on the sleek arch of his belly; his nape was a roll of fat that seemed to thrust his bullet-head forward; his eyes, gleaming coals in a dead black stump.”

  Conan of Cimmeria

• “The nape is the back of the birds neck and the mantle is the "cloak" or feathers on the back of the bird.”

  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]

• “The program is called the National Assessment of Educational Progress (or NAEP, pronounced "nape"), and it issues reports on reading, writing, mathematics, science, history, civics, and geography.”

  Diane Ravitch: What Do Students Know about History?

• “Like, see, when I pull your hair like this I gently grab her hair at the nape of the neck and pull it feels good huh?”

  Simon & Schuster: Get Laid or Die Trying

• “From the darkness of sleep my nape detected a full moist kiss; but perhaps it was a dream.”

  Fictionaut: Carolina Grüber: I

• “She smiled into the metal as I pulled at her hair, fangs buried in the nape of her neck.”

  Simon & Schuster: Crossed

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