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Definition of Low blow
1. Noun. Unscrupulous abuse.
Definition of Low blow
1. Noun. (boxing) An unfair or illegal blow that lands below the opponent’s waist; a groin attack. ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) A rhetorical attack that is considered unfair or unscrupulous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Low Blow
Literary usage of Low blow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Key to English Antiquities: With Special Reference to the Sheffield and by Ella S. Armitage (1897)
"... Low—Blow Hall — Carl Wark— Mam Tor—The Roman Rig—The Double Dyke—The Bar
Dyke—Local Names —Camps of Refuge — Boundary Earthworks- —Penistone Circles. ..."
2. Privacy in a Fishbowl by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1995)
"only to collect more efficiently but to collect more dollars In less time.'
SO BE IT! low blow--BRACE YOURSELF This “strategic plan” ..."
3. The Jones Readers by Grades by Lewis Henry Jones (1904)
"r- —^g3 THE SAILOR'S MOTHER Blow high, blow low, Blow east, blow west! ...
Blow high, blow low, Blow warm, blow cold! O wind, you are so strong and free, ..."
4. Jones Readers by Grades by Lewis Henry Jones (1904)
"IE SAILOR'S MOT IER Blow high, blow low, Blow east, blow west! The wind that
blows my boy to me, Across the wide and lonely sea, • That wind is best. ..."
5. The Jones First [-fifth] Reader by Lewis Henry Jones (1903)
"THE SAILOR'S MOTHER Blow high, blow low, Blow east, blow west! The wind that
blows my boy to me, Across the wide and lonely sea, That wind is best. ..."
6. Oversight of the Professional Boxing Industry: Hearing Before the Committee edited by John McCain (2000)
"Is it not also a little bizarre that, as I saw another fight the other night,
where a low blow was inflicted, the fighter, after 5 minutes, ..."
7. Transactions by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1917)
"If a low lift is available at the popping pressure for ordinary relief, a low
blow-down may be incorporated, the condition imposed by absolute safety being ..."
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