alligator arms
n.pl.— «But Shell wouldn’t take Moss to task for short-arming catches—an affliction commonly called “alligator arms.”» —“Moss has a case of the dropsies” by Jason Jones in Alameda Sacramento Bee (California) Oct. 31, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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