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Handcuff   /hˈændkˌəf/   Listen
Handcuff

noun
1.
Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs.  Synonyms: cuff, handlock, manacle.






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"Handcuff" Quotes from Famous Books



... married out of the estate, in order, as he said, that his hands might be contented in Alabama, and not need chaining together while on their journey. It is always found necessary by the regular slave-traders, in travelling with their slaves to the far South, to handcuff and chain their wretched victims, who have been bought up as the interest of the trader, and the luxury or necessities of the planter may chance to require, without regard to the ties sundered or the affections made desolate, by these infernal ...
— The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus • American Anti-Slavery Society



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



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