darbies
plural of darby
(UK, slang) handcuffs
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Source: Wiktionary
Dar"bies, n. pl.
Definition: Manacles; handcuffs. [Cant] Jem Clink will fetch you the darbies. Sir W. Scott.
Note: In "The Steel Glass" by Gascoigne, printed in 1576, occurs the line "To binde such babes in father Derbies bands."
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 February 2025
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
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