DARBIES

Meaning of DARBIES in English

ˈdärbēz noun plural

Etymology: probably short for obsolete ( father ) Derbies (or Darbies ) bonds rigidly bonded indebtedness

Britain : handcuffs

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

DARBIES — (n. pl.) Manacles; handcuffs.
Английский словарь Webster
DARBIES — ( n. pl. ) Manacles; handcuffs.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DARBIES — /dahr"beez/ , n.pl. Brit. Slang. handcuffs; manacles. [ 1565-75; prob. from the phrase Darby's bonds a rigid bond, perh. named …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DARBIES — n. (British Slang) handcuffs, manacles
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DARBIES — noun ·pl manacles; handcuffs.
Webster English vocab
DARBIES — [ 'dα:bɪz ] ■ plural noun archaic, informal handcuffs. Origin C17: allusive use of Father Darby's bands , an agreement …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DARBIES — n.pl. Brit. sl. handcuffs. [allusive use of Father Darby's bands, some rigid form of agreement for debtors (16th c.)]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DARBIES — n.pl. Brit. sl. handcuffs. [ allusive use of Father Darby's bands, some rigid form of agreement for debtors (16th c.) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DARBIES — n.pl. Brit. sl. handcuffs. Etymology: allusive use of Father Darby's bands, some rigid form of agreement for debtors (16th c.)
Oxford English vocab
DARBIES — Fetters. CANT.
Slang English vocab
DARBIES — pl (сленг) наручники, ручные кандалы - to get the * on smb. надеть наручники на кого-л.
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DARBIES — n pl сл. наручники, ручные кандалы to get the darbies on smb. - надеть наручники на кого-л.
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DARBIES — сущ.; мн. ч.; брит., сленг или архаич.1) наручники Syn: handcuffs 2) руки Syn: hands 3) "пальчики", отпечатки пальцев Syn: fingerprints
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DARBIES — (n) наручники; ручные кандалы
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
DARBIES — n pl сл. наручники, ручные кандалы to get the ~ on smb. - надеть наручники на кого-л.
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DARBIES — n pl сл. наручники, ручные кандалы to get the darbies on smb. - надеть наручники на кого-л.
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DARBIES — сущ. ; мн. ; брит. , сл. ; устар. 1) наручники Syn: handcuffs 2) руки Syn: hands 3) "пальчики", отпечатки …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DARBIES — сущ.; мн.; брит., сл.; устар. 1) наручники Syn: handcuffs 2) руки Syn: hands 3) "пальчики", отпечатки пальцев Syn: fingerprints
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DARBIES — pl (сленг) наручники, ручные кандалы - to get the * on smb. надеть наручники на кого-л.
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DERBIES — see derby I variant of darbies
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DARBY — /dahr"bee/ , n. , pl. darbies . Building Trades. a float having two handles, used by plasterers. [ 1565-75; perh. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TWIG — To observe. Twig the cull, he is peery; observe the fellow, he is watching us. Also to disengage, snap asunder, …
Slang English vocab
SCOUR — To scour or score off; to run away: perhaps from SCORE; i.e. full speed, or as fast as legs would …
Slang English vocab
CHIVE — CHIVE, or CHIFF A knife, file: or saw. To chive the darbies; to file off the irons or fetters. To …
Slang English vocab
MANACLES — n. 25B6; plural noun HANDCUFFS, shackles, chains, irons, fetters, restraints, bonds; informal cuffs, bracelets; Brit. archaic darbies.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANDCUFFS — 25B6; plural noun MANACLES, shackles, irons, fetters, bonds, restraints; informal cuffs, bracelets; archaic darbies, gyves.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHAIN — n. 25B6; noun he was held in chains : FETTERS, shackles, irons, leg-irons, manacles, handcuffs; informal cuffs, bracelets; Brit. archaic, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHACKLE — n. 1 Often, shackles. fetter(s), leg-iron(s), chains, iron(s), bilboes, gyve(s), ball and chain, manacle(s), handcuff(s), restraint(s), bond(s), trammel(s), Colloq cuff(s), …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MANACLE — n. 1 manacles. shackles, fetters, handcuffs, gyves, chains, irons, Colloq cuffs, Slang bracelets, Brit darbies The manacles are cutting into …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HANDCUFFS — n. pl. manacles, shackles, Colloq cuffs, bracelets, Slang Brit darbies The police put handcuffs on them all
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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