darbies

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of darby
2. (UK, plural, plural-only, slang)handcuffs

   “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.”