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charley horse

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
charley horse/ˈtʃɑːlihɔːs/

▶noun N. Amer. informal a cramp or feeling of stiffness in a limb.

– origin C19: of unknown origin.

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