What are common phrases an English native speaker would use for the pose of speaking on the phone where you use your shoulder to keep the receiver against your ear (and mouth), so your hands are free?
I have some ideas, but they all sound wooden, and I don't think I've ever heard anyone describe this pose in words. It's also pretty much impossible to google for a pose or look it up on leo.org or other dictionaries.
OK, since people keep asking for what phrasings I found, I'll provide two, though I was hoping I could avoid influencing people who answer here by not providing them: "balance on one's shoulder", "held/nestled/sandwiched between shoulder and ear".
Best Answer
Many people use the verb to cradle for this:
as in cradling a phone on their shoulder
With variations of:
phone cradled against her shoulder
cradled the phone to his shoulder
cradled between my ear and shoulder
cradled between neck and shoulder
cradled between his shoulder and ear
cradled between his shoulder and jaw