"nervewrack" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1961, Borrow the Spring: Poems, page 19:",
          "text": "Brother to those who dare the diving tower, the pole, the nervewrack of trapeze; all flirting with people's fear walking the rope with ease.",
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          "ref": "1962, U S A 1: Monthly News and Current History - Volume 1, page 49:",
          "text": "But rising costs, a dearth of good material available with stars, the persistent nervewrack of keeping up a good relationship with the community, make their jobs little more than an exercise in indomitable hope.",
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          "ref": "1980, Poetry Northwest - Volumes 21-23, page 19:",
          "text": "Or has old nervewrack thrown open the windows and knocked the mementoes on the floor, poured the sleepingpills in the toilet, tugged on the doorknob?",
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