cramp words

obsolete

1. A death sentence. He really needs to be careful—men have received cramp words and gone to the gallows for much less. I'm afraid that admitting guilt is the only way you'll escape cramp words in this case. How can you be so flip? Your life is literally on the line—the judge could give you cramp words for a crime like this!

2. Words that are difficult to pronounce. I found your language to have many cramp words when I first began to learn it. The silent letters in English have made for a lot of cramp words. Like, "pneumonia," for instance—pronounced nothing like it's spelled! These cramp words are tricky, so I'll go over them again, don't worry.