wrist
/ɹɪst/ noun B1- The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense. · With a flick of the wrist, he threw the frisbee to a team-mate.
- A stud or pin which forms a journal.
Plural wrists
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“To me she seems overloaded,” observed Eugénie; “she would look far better if she wore fewer, and we should then be able to see her finely formed throat and wrists.”
He has just come from the tropics, for his face is dark, and that is not the natural tint of his skin, for his wrists are fair.
You shall live like a princess.” Poor Alice was so frightened that she shrunk away from him, but he caught her by the wrist and endeavoured to draw her towards the door.
I have a vivid recollection of that instant, of Holmes’ triumphant expression and the ring of his voice, of the cabman’s dazed, savage face, as he glared at the glittering handcuffs, which had appeared as if by magic upon his wrists.
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