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telegrapher's paralysis en · NOUN

Meanings

(uncountable) A stiff arm resulting from a long session of telegraph operation.
- If he were to use his fingers instead of his wrist, he would soon have telegrapher's paralysis or a “glass arm," in the lingo of the radio cabin. 1926, Radio Broadcast, volume 9, page 57:

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