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From where comes the term "charley horse"?
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#120283. Asked by star_gazer. (Feb 08 11 7:21 PM)
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bigsouthern
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Apparently the term started out as a baseball colloquialism in reference to the 1880s pitcher Charley Radbourne, nicknamed "Old Hoss", who suffered from severe cramping during a game; the condition was then named by putting together his first name and the second half of his nickname.
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Baloo55th
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It's a term that probably causes great mystification in the UK when looking at American stuff. I think I first encountered it in a BC cartoon and it was years before I found out what it was. I've never come across it in a UK context.
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