handcuffs

Speech parts

1. handcuffs - Noun

2. handcuffs - Verb

Meaning

handcuffs pl (plural only)

A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.

handcuffs

plural of handcuff

handcuffs

third-person singular simple present indicative of handcuff

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Examples

Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrists? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair. A. E. Housman

Of all the famous men who ever lived, the one I would most like to have been was Socrates. Not just because he was a great thinker, because I have been known to have some reasonably profound insights myself, although mine invariably revolve around a Swedish airline stewardess and some handcuffs. Woody Allen

I could feel the golden handcuffs of a comfortable but unfulfilling life snapping shut on my wrists. Clarence Thomas

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness. Corrie Ten Boom

Don't let your habits become handcuffs. Elizabeth Berg

You are the subject of he whose handcuffs you wear. Akan Proverb

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