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  1. 1. n. pl. Manacles; handcuffs. Source: opted
  2. 2. Manacles; handcuffs. [Cant] Jem Clink will fetch you the darbies. Sir W. Scott. Note: In "The Steel Glass" by Gascoigne, printed in 1576, occurs the line "To binde such babes in father Derbies bands." Source: webster
  3. 3. Manacles; handcuffs. [Cant]Jem Clink will fetch you the darbies. Sir W. Scott. Source: adambom
  4. 4. n. pl. Manacles; handcuffs. Source: ecdict

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