What does darbies mean?
Darbies means plural of darby.
Darbies
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
plural of darby.
Definitions by Sense
- plural of darby
- (UK, slang) handcuffs
Example Sentences
Who's afraid of him, except the old governor who daresn't catch him and put him in double-darbies, as he deserves, but lets him go about kidnapping people […]
And he says, 'I'll go along quiet, Bobby,' he says, 'without the darbies,' he says.
Second watch: (Produces handcuffs) Here are the darbies.
Sentry, are you there? / Just ease this darbies at the wrist, and roll me over fair, / I am sleepy, and the oozy weeds about me twist.
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How do you use darbies in a sentence?
Who's afraid of him, except the old governor who daresn't catch him and put him in double-darbies, as he deserves, but lets him go about kidnapping people […]
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