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Racked with Pain

Posted by Bob on July 07, 2000

In Reply to: Racked with Pain posted by Brian Walden on July 06, 2000

: Origin?

Twisted or stretched to the point of breaking. It is not related to "wracked," the OED points out. But the connections to the Rack, the torture device are very real.

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