What does darbies mean?

darbies

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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British usage; Slang

"Who's afraid of him, except the old governor who daresn't catch him and put him in double-darbies, as he deserves, but lets him go about kidnapping people […]"
"And he says, 'I'll go along quiet, Bobby,' he says, 'without the darbies,' he says."
"Second watch: (Produces handcuffs) Here are the darbies."
"Sentry, are you there? / Just ease this darbies at the wrist, and roll me over fair, / I am sleepy, and the oozy weeds about me twist."

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