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handcuff

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handcuff
a pair of locking metal rings joined by a short bar or chain for securing prisoners, etc.


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"And I shan't be easy if we don't handcuff him before we leave the room," returned the other.
He was not bound, nor had they made any attempt to handcuff him; this seemed a good augury.
and then these two detectives would rush in and handcuff him, and march him off to the police-court.
 
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