Darbies
Darbies (dar"biz) , noun, plural
Manacles; handcuffs. [Cant]
Jem Clink will fetch you the darbies.
In “The Steel Glass” by Gascoigne, printed in 1576, occurs the line “To binde such babes in father Derbies bands.”
Darbies (dar"biz) , noun, plural
In “The Steel Glass” by Gascoigne, printed in 1576, occurs the line “To binde such babes in father Derbies bands.”