glass arm
English
Noun
glass arm (plural glass arms)
- (slang) A stiff arm resulting from a long session of CB radio operation.
- 1926, Radio Broadcast (volume 9, page 57)
- 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)