Knee
Knee noun - Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
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Swing
Swing noun - Changing location by moving back and forth.
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- She and Karl Oskar first met while she was recuperating after having fallen off her swing and hurt her knee.
Source: Literature / The Emigrants -
She first met her husband, Karl Oskar, while recovering from a wounded knee after she fell out of a swing, and interprets it as a sign that God makes bad things happen only so good things can come out of them.
Source: Swing Low, Sweet Harriet -
Subverted even more in that if you're injured, you drop to one knee and have your move list reduced to "parry" and "swing wildly".
Source: Flynning
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