non-pugilistic

Updated: June 3, 2025

Whereupon Charteris dashed in, and, to use an expression suitable to the deed, 'swung his right at the mark'. The 'mark', it may be explained for the benefit of the non-pugilistic, is that portion of the anatomy which lies hid behind the third button of the human waistcoat.

P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse - Tales of St. Austin's