tendon-nicking

Updated: June 25, 2025

It struck me that so astute a man as Straker would not undertake this delicate tendon-nicking without a little practice. What could he practice on? My eyes fell upon the sheep, and I asked a question which, rather to my surprise, showed that my surmise was correct.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes