Both Uses
strenuous
in
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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- I hope nothing too strenuous, because, man, am I stove up bad!†
Chpt 27 *strenuous = difficult (requiring much effort)
- I told him it wasn't strenuous, but I didn't tell him anything else, because I wasn't sure myself till I got to the Nurses' Station, and the nurse, a different one, said, "Mr. McMurphy and Mr. Bromden?" then handed us each a little paper cup.†
Chpt 27
Definitions:
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(1)
(strenuous) energetic; or physically or mentally difficult or requiring endurance
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)