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n. - A muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise.

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  • ` ` It was a charley-horse type of effect, '' Trotz said of Ellis 'injury.
  • Where does Scripture say that a Biblical paradox is nothing more than "'a charley-horse between the ears that can only be eliminated by vigorous rational massage"?
  • "But, as Clark would say, a Biblcal paradox is nothing more than 'a charley-horse between the ears that can only be eliminated by vigorous rational massage '." would say.
  • "By contrast, if one accepts the irrationalism of Van Til and his followers, a Biblical paradox is a charley-horse between the ears that can never be eliminated and any...
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