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I stretched it to eleven, and “stretched” is the word: the lower half of me felt like it had sprinted 100 yards, and my old friend Charley Horse greeted me as I swung out of bed.
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Where the only thing you could ever get without setting off the buzzer was the Charley Horse, because it was easy to grab its little leg?
Random House Summer 2007 Preview fusenumber8 2007
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At 2: 34 this morning, I was awaken by the worst goddamned Charley Horse I think I've ever had.
unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2001
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I suffered leg cramps of such immediacy and severity that one waggish running coach suggested I change my name to Charley Horse.
Somewhere on the masthead Magazine Man 2010
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Pregnant and keep getting Charley Horse pain in calf ..
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Pregnant and keep getting Charley Horse pain in calf ..
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