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"Below the belt" Quotes from Famous Books

... bent double as if he had been struck below the belt; but the Colonel merely straightened himself, and not a nerve in ...

— "Contemptible" • "Casualty"

... answers, 'there's a time when you come to think the Spring old.' You should have heard how he trained out the 'old.' I felt something like decay in my sap just to hear him. In the prize-fight of life, my dear Austin, our uncle Hippias has been unfairly hit below the belt. Let's guard ourselves there, ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... clubs and sabres and not trusted with revolvers, these police agents make good use of hands and feet. Not being bound by the rules of the ring, their favorite blow is the blow below the belt. It is viciously administered by both foot and knee. Next to that is the kick on the shins, which, delivered by a heavy, iron-shod cowhide boot, is pretty apt to render the recipient hors de combat. Supplemented by a quick fist and directed by a ...

— Mlle. Fouchette - A Novel of French Life • Charles Theodore Murray