nervewrack

plural nervewracks

1. alternativeAlternative form of nerve rack.

   Brother to those who dare the diving tower, the pole, the nervewrack of trapeze; all flirting with people's fear walking the rope with ease.

   1961, Borrow the Spring: Poems, page 19

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   But rising costs, a dearth of good material available with stars, the persistent nervewrack of keeping up a good relationship with the community, make their jobs little more than an exercise in indomitable hope.

   1962, U S A 1: Monthly News and Current History - Volume 1, page 49

   Or has old nervewrack thrown open the windows and knocked the mementoes on the floor, poured the sleepingpills in the toilet, tugged on the doorknob?

   1980, Poetry Northwest - Volumes 21-23, page 19