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Heenan

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In Heenan style. “By apostolic blows and knocks.” Heenan, the Benicĭa boy of North America, disputed for the champion’s belt against Sayers, the British champion. His build and muscle were the admiration of the ring.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Hector (To)
Hectors
Hecuba
Hedge
Hedge Lane (London)
Hedge Priest
Hedge School (A)
Hedonism
Heel, Heels
Heel-tap
Heenan
Heep (Uriah)
Hegemony (g hard)
Hegira
Heimdall
Heimdall’s Horn
Heimdaller
Heims-kringla (The)
Heir - apparent
Heir-presumptive
Hel or Hela (in Scandinavian mythology)