Synonyms

writer's cramp

American

noun

spasmodic, painful contractions of the muscles of the thumb, forefinger, and forearm during writing.

writer's cramp British

noun

a muscular spasm or temporary paralysis of the muscles of the thumb and first two fingers caused by prolonged writing

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writer's cramp

"I go to bed with writer's cramp," Annie jokes, "from talking too much."

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The official diagnosis is that Fleisher's malady much resembles writer's cramp.

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Capote's style is pure and free from writer's cramp in dealing with such subjects as the devotions and heroisms of children and the world of intense phenomena in which children live.

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He examined 1,880 psychoneurotic British soldiers and found that 171 had writer's cramp.

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Just a touch of writer's cramp now and then, of course.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920 by Various

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