Anything below the head and above the waist is - up to a point - fair game.

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He hoisted her further forward, so that her head hung down near his waist, and then her long, thin arms flopped forwards and gently tapped his knees.

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The man cradles the child's head with one hand and hugs his waist with the other, his face flushed with emotion.

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He looks just like his pictures, the red and white scarf neatly tied on his head, the traditional peshmerga outfit cinched in at the waist by a wide belt.

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When someone is in a wheelchair his head is at the height of an average person's waist.

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