DARBIES

Noun

darbies

plural of darby

(UK, slang) handcuffs

Anagrams

• Beairds, abiders, air beds, airbeds, bardies, barside, braised, sea bird, seabird, sidebar

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



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