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darbies
noun- a set of handcuffs or fetters; shackles UK, 1665
Derives from a C17 moneylender’s bond called Father Darby’s or Derby’s bands. - Until this sweed [swede] next to me moved his hand, and by doing so moved mine as we were joined together like siames[e] twins by the darbies. — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 39, 1958
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- — Paul Tempest, Lag’s Lexicon, 1950
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