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a wrestling hold in which the opponent's arm is twisted up behind his back

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Do not attempt to penetrate areas to which anybody with an official demeanour tells you you may not go, as blows with truncheons, hammerlocks and knees in the small of the back very often offend.

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All connections are made using hammerlocks and hard eyes.

Although both plastic-coated wire cable and chain have been used, the most successful attachment material between anchor and buoy has proven to be polyethylene rope (of either relatively short scope or weighted in places to prevent it from floating on the surface and becoming entangled in ships' propellors), together with top and bottom chains, swivels, and "hammerlock" connections.

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