Darbies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Darbies \Dar"bies\ (d[aum]r"b[i^]z), n. pl.
     Manacles; handcuffs. [Cant]
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           Jem Clink will fetch you the darbies.    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.


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     Note: In "The Steel Glass" by Gascoigne, printed in 1576,
           occurs the line "To binde such babes in father Derbies
           bands."
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