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Meanings of handcuff in English
Usage of handcuff in English
1
What's a handcuff key going to buy us in terms of evidence?'
2
I thought he was going to handcuff me for a minute there.
3
Nobody'll hear the sawing. He wasn't thinking about the handcuff now, though.
4
A handcuff key sat on top of the folded piece of paper.
5
He stood up and carefully placed a handcuff key on the desk.
6
At the end of each chain there dangled a single steel handcuff.
7
Gus kept his eye on Felix, sagging forward off the handcuff bar.
8
You have got to stop struggling, or I will handcuff you, sir.
9
As the cop tries to handcuff him, his false hand pops off.
10
It rumbled forward and locked its hand around Ferraro's wrist, handcuff style.
11
So why did someone handcuff, drag, and bruise a 73-year-old widowed grandmother?
12
Every time I see that handcuff I feel sick in my stomach.
13
Quinn did so, cinching down the handcuff with his free hand.
14
The Baxters wish to handcuff you and put you back into the hold.
15
In a trice Mr. Bucket snaps a handcuff on her wrist.
16
It's a handcuff of an insult and nobody has the key.
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Handcuff through the time
Handcuff across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common