telegrapher's paralysis

noun

A stiff arm resulting from a long session of telegraph operation.

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nountelegrapher's paralysis (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA 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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