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Charley horse   /tʃˈɑrli hɔrs/   Listen
Charley horse

noun
1.
A muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise.  Synonym: charley-horse.






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"Charley horse" Quotes from Famous Books



... End of the World" and the amount of money they're payin' him would startle Europe, if it ever got out. He claims he made 'em all faint at the rehearsals and offers from other companies is comin' in so fast that he's got a charley horse on his thumb from openin' telegrams. From that he works into the fact that after the picture is made he's gonna run around Europe—that's just the way he said it, "Run around Europe!" Oh, boy!—that bein' the way he usually ...
— Kid Scanlan • H. C. Witwer



Words linked to "Charley horse" :   spasm, colloquialism, muscle spasm, cramp



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