DARBIES
Source: 567
Dar″bies (?), n. pl. Manacles; handcuffs. Jem Clink will fetch you the darbies. Sir W. Scott. ☞ In “The Steel Glass” by Gascoigne, printed in 1576, occurs the line “To binde such babes in father Derbies bands.”
Source: 567
Dar″bies (?), n. pl. Manacles; handcuffs. Jem Clink will fetch you the darbies. Sir W. Scott. ☞ In “The Steel Glass” by Gascoigne, printed in 1576, occurs the line “To binde such babes in father Derbies bands.”