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- Dictionarycharley horse/ˈtʃɑːlɪ hɔːs/
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- 1. a cramp or feeling of stiffness in an arm or leg: informal North American "he had a charley horse that night and limped getting out of the car"
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Leg cramp
"A charley horse" is an American term for a very painful involuntary cramp in the legs and/or foot, lasting anywhere from a few seconds to a couple days. The phrase formerly referred more commonly to bruising of the quadriceps muscle of the anterior or lateral thigh, or contusion of the femur, that commonly results in a haematoma and sometimes several weeks of pain and disability. In this latter s... Wikipedia