亚洲网紅露点

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darbies

[ dahr-beez ]

plural noun

British Slang.
  1. handcuffs; manacles.


darbies

/ 藞诲蓱藧产瑟锄 /

plural noun

  1. short for handcuffs See handcuff
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of darbies1

First recorded in 1565鈥75; probably from the phrase Darby's bonds a rigid bond, perhaps named after a noted 16th-century usurer
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of darbies1

C16: perhaps from the phrase Father Derby's or Father Darby's bonds, a rigid agreement between a usurer and his client
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And this is not just a question of Darbies and Joans, who were at it in their youths, having slowed down as the years have passed.

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The disc also includes William Bolcom鈥檚 鈥淏illy in the Darbies鈥 and Copland鈥檚 鈥淭wo Pieces for String Quartet.鈥

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He sang sweetly in quiet moments like "Billy in the Darbies," his haunting aria on the eve of execution, but much of the time one longed for a more powerful sound.

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But when that we come to the whitt Our Darbies to behold, And for to take our penitency, And boose the water cold.

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鈥淐urse the darbies鈥擨鈥斺 The sudden overturning of a stool, caused by a quick backward movement on the part of Mamma, drowns the rest of this muttered speech.

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