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Handcuff   /hˈændkˌəf/   Listen
Handcuff

verb
(past & past part. handcuffed; pres. part. handcuffing)
1.
Confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs.  Synonyms: cuff, manacle.






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"Handcuff" Quotes from Famous Books



... mah pa made shoes. Ah member jes as good when dey handcuff mah ma's two brothers tuh keep um from runnin off when dey got ready tuh sell em. Ah seed um handcuff as many as eight tugethuh when dey marched dem tuh de pen. Yuh know dey had uh pen kinder like ...
— Slave Narratives: Arkansas Narratives - Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 • Works Projects Administration

... ankles shackled, their hands handcuffed behind 'em, git out? Why, I'll just leave the handcuff keys here on the table ...
— The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton • Wardon Allan Curtis



Words linked to "Handcuff" :   shackle, manacle, hamper, trammel, bond, cuff, fetter, handlock



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