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Meanings of wry neck in English

A painful muscular contracture of the neck.

Usage of wry neck in English
1
He coughed and strangled, felt his throat, and made wry neck-movements indicative of injury.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
2
He'd probably have got away with it, if he hadn't had that wry neck.
One of Ours
3
I'd like to wring his wry neck for him.
Frontier Boys in Frisco
4
Torticollis (stiff or wry neck).-Itis usually on the side or back of the neck.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
5
The spinal accessory occasionally may be divided before it enters the sterno-mastoid in cases of spasmodic wry neck, with great advantage.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery / For the Use of Senior St...
6
The house-surgeon at the hospital has just said that M. de Chandour will have a wry neck for the rest of his days.
Two Poets
7
Treatment for Stiff Neck.-WryNeck, (torticollis).-Warmthapplied either dry or moist as hot salt bag or fomentations of hops, etc.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
8
"It omitted Alexander's wry neck," said Hope.
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