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Darbies  n. pl.  Manacles; handcuffs. (Cant) "Jem Clink will fetch you the darbies." 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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"Darbies" Quotes from Famous Books



... object, Fandor? Hitherto I have worked unaided. I wanted to unearth Fantomas and bring him to Headquarters, saying to my superiors, 'For three years you have maintained this man was dead; well, here he is! I have put the darbies on the most terrible ruffian of modern times.' Well, I must forego my little triumph. We must now work in the open. Public opinion must ...
— The Exploits of Juve - Being the Second of the Series of the "Fantmas" Detective Tales • mile Souvestre and Marcel Allain



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