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handcuffs

[hand-kuhf]

hand·cuff

[hand-kuhf]
noun
1.
a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle: The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
verb (used with object)
2.
to put handcuffs on.
3.
to restrain or thwart (someone) by or as if by handcuffing: The amendments handcuffed the committee and prevented further action.

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Handcuffs is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.

Origin:
1635–45; hand + cuff1

un·hand·cuff, verb (used with object)
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