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Meanings of nape of the neck in английском

The back part of the neck.

Usage of nape of the neck in английском
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You've got us by the nape of the neck, as usual, Blount.
The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush
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He reached back and took Argoth by the nape of the neck.
Servant of a dark god
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The sound was like silk brushed across the nape of the neck.
The Laughing Corpse
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The child was being beaten on the nape of the neck.
The Secret of the Night
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He became aware of grey hairs curling over the nape of the neck.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
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Others take from the crown, forehead, or nape of the neck.
Three Years on the Plains: Observations of Indians, 1867-1870
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The nape of the neck alone possesses the desired vulnerability.
The Life of the Spider
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These grafters have us by the nape of the neck.
The Grafters
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Wheeling, he seized Lady by the nape of the neck.
Further Adventures of Lad
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For headache.-Icebags, cold to the head, mustard to the nape of the neck.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
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He grabbed Eddie by the nape of the neck and by his right wrist.
IT
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He did not himself see anything so very attractive in the nape of the neck.
Of Human Bondage
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Twice she kissed him softly in the nape of the neck, with fond, reassuring kisses.
The Trespasser
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And cuffed him on the nape of the neck.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I
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He seized Michael by the nape of the neck, and dragged him before a judge.
Lives of the Necromancers
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A large strong hand took him in the nape of the neck and pinned him.
The two towers