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handcuffs

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hand·cuff  (hndkf)
n.
A restraining device consisting of a pair of strong, connected hoops that can be tightened and locked about the wrists and used on one or both arms of a prisoner in custody; a manacle. Often used in the plural.
tr.v. hand·cuffed, hand·cuff·ing, hand·cuffs
1. To restrain with or as if with handcuffs.
2. To render ineffective or impotent. See Synonyms at hamper1.
Translations
Spanish handcuffs [ˈhændkʌfs] npl → esposas fpl
French handcuffs [ˈhændkʌfs] hand npl → menottes fpl
German handcuffs [ˈhændkʌfs] hand npl → Handschellen pl
Italian handcuffs [ˈhændkʌfs] npl → manette fpl
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But the next moment, and before he could cry out, a pair of handcuffs on the white man's knuckles had landed on his mouth, knocking the cry of alarm back down his throat.
Adventure by London, Jack View in context
Haley now came to the door, with the handcuffs in his hands.
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context
said the stouter man, smoothing down his hair, and laying a pair of handcuffs on the table.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
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