Darbies \Dar"bies\ (d[aum]r"b[i^]z), n. pl.
Manacles; handcuffs. [Cant]
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Jem Clink will fetch you the darbies. --Sir W.
Scott.
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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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