crutch
A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.
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Auto-tune is a tool not a crutch. Debate your wall
I think removing the crutch of cheap flexible labour will be helpful.
I mean she might have a complex relationship and love for her mother, but she never had with Stella what she had with Stolas. Stolas was her rock, her solace. And she felt like she was losing the one good parent, good…
iWALK3.0 The Original Hands Free Knee Crutch - Alternative to Crutches and Knee Scooters - iWALK Replaces Crutches for Adults - Peg Leg Crutch For Lower Leg Injuries - See All Qualifications for Use #Independence #Pe…
30% of people will experience clinical depression at some point in their lifetime. One in three women and one in five men. Telling people to get off their antidepressants is like telling diabetics that insulin is a c…
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A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.
He walked on crutches for a month until the cast was removed from his leg.
“Auto-tune is a tool not a crutch. Debate your wall”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I think removing the crutch of cheap flexible labour will be helpful.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I mean she might have a complex relationship and love for her mother, but she never had with Stella what she had with Stolas. Stolas was her rock, her solace. And she felt like she was losing the one good parent, good thing, the one good hope in her life. Her crutch.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“iWALK3.0 The Original Hands Free Knee Crutch - Alternative to Crutches and Knee Scooters - iWALK Replaces Crutches for Adults - Peg Leg Crutch For Lower Leg Injuries - See All Qualifications for Use #Independence #PegLegCrutch #AdultCrutches #KneeCrutch”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I want to inhale your crutch and wear those briefs like an oxygen mask”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk.
Alcohol became a crutch to help him through the long nights; eventually it killed him.
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Something or someone that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop.
Sullen now, with stultified spleen, Mrs Dibble grappled her crutches and levered herself upright after an ungainly struggle.
“30% of people will experience clinical depression at some point in their lifetime. One in three women and one in five men. Telling people to get off their antidepressants is like telling diabetics that insulin is a crutch. It's insanity.”
— Bluesky· May 2026““You’re using those crutches as a crutch” *yanks them away*”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I may be on the spectrum, but others make me go "wtf" you know that aspergers or autism is not a crutch for acting like a fool. I may not seem like I'm autistic, its called rigor and esoteric discipline”
— Bluesky· May 2026“someone who uses a crutch to walk around isn't putting in less work than someone without a crutch someone who uses a rocketship to go to the moon isn't putting in less work just because they didn't eat the fuel and use their own body to propel themselves into space”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I feel this, its cool theres more roguelikes Thats fine Just all the ads i see for them are like "this game but balatro" and im like "UGH STOP TRYING TO USE BALATRO AS A CRUTCH" I agree with ya on this snao QvQ”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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