Meaning of writer's cramp | Babel Free

Definitions

A debilitating pain preventing easy movement of the wrist, hand, or fingers, resulting from prolonged use of a pen or pencil.

idiomatic, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The recording of their tales is no more than a matter⟳ of ears and fingers. There are only two fates I dread—deafness and writer's cramp.”

“"The following boys will go in to extra lesson this afternoon and next Wednesday," it began. And "the following boys" numbered four hundred. "Bates must have⟳ got writer's cramp," said Clowes, as he read⟳ the huge scroll.”

“Christmas dividend checks and checks covering Christmas presents to his employees were always signed by him. . . . He had writer's cramp by the time he finished.”

“Henry James, after he suffered an attack of writer's cramp, began to dictate to a typist.”

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