Back-ache
a pain, especially in the lumbar region of the back, usually caused by the strain of a muscle or ligament.
Historical Examples
I should have calloused hands and the back-ache at times; but my sleep would be sweet.
The Seat of Empire Charles Carleton Coffin
How could a back-ache over the pea-bed compensate for these felicities?
Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature Various
She may soon suffer from, if she does not complain of, back-ache and other attendant troubles, the simple result of weakness.
The Education of American Girls Anna Callender Brackett
back-ache, the reader will allow, would take the poetry out of a honeymoon trip.
Romantic Spain John Augustus O’Shea
All across that lake I ate snow, and that and the back-ache legacy of an old strain are my signs of approaching exhaustion.
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled Hudson Stuck
There was an end of my back-ache when the rod and I could straighten ourselves and leave the men to tail out the fish.
Lines in Pleasant Places William Senior
Mr. Doan, with his back-ache pills, would have done well if he had sent one of his travellers with samples round there that night.
Bullets & Billets Bruce Bairnsfather
noun
an ache or pain in one’s back
n.
c.1600, from back (n.) + ache (n.).
backache back·ache (bāk’āk’)
n.
Discomfort or a pain in the region of the back or spine.
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