Word: throating
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...yourself in his place," murmured the Professor to the lethal lackeys crowding about the dais. "Yes, siree. That's my motto. ... So never let blood through the carotid artery [he caressed his colleagues throat] for then he looks as if he had been butchered. Whenever possible, do it through the auxiliary artery. [The colleague's armpit was indicated.] Yes, siree. Put yourself in his place. . . . When my experiments are completed, I'll have seven different kinds of cosmetic powders, one for every type of skin. That will make a corpse look realistic. That's the thing...
...conference has been scant, apparently because there has been nothing significant to report. The main result of the conference is the calling of a "citizens' conference which is to report to a commission appointed to draw up a new constitution." But with Tuchun* flying at the throat of Tuchun, and no Tuchun strong enough to rule the others, the mere thought of a constitution seems as out of place as Jonah in the whale's belly. No Tuchun can, much less will, swallow such a big pill...
...fleshy, usually highly-colored process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile...
...Pedro, passengers on the liner Moerdyk beheld a duel between a huge octopus and a man-eating shark. For nearly an hour, the two writhed together, the shark snapping, plunging, the octopus limaceously twining. At length the octopus thrust a tentacle down the throat of the maneater, at which the latter, vomiting buckets of entrails, expired...
Saturday evening in the White House finds the President, his mouth full of pins, poring over old Fashion Books "Just a touch of lace at the throat," he suggests to Mrs. Coolidge, "white fur wristlets to go with your hat, and a small cretonne bustle in the back would add distinction to the ensemble. But, oh Grace, where did you get that scrumptions scarl...