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DARBIES

Traducere în limba română

darbies substantiv

plural (sl.) cătuşe, lanţuri;

to whip the darbies on smb. a băga mâinile cuiva în cătuşe.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

He jumped up when he heard my business, and I had my whistle to my lips to call a couple of river police, who were round the corner, but he seemed to have no heart in him, and he held out his hands quietly enough for the darbies.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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