darby
noun
a float having two handles, used by plasterers.
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darby
1 American
[dahr-bee]
/ ˈdɑr bi /
noun
Building Trades.
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darbies
plural
Darby
2
American
[dahr-bee]
/ ˈdɑr bi /
noun
Darby
British
/ ˈdɑːbɪ /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of darby
1565–75; perhaps after a proper name or Derby, England
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In fact, it's pronounced "darby" and is a hand-blended cheddar curd cheese with a mix of sage and spinach.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2022
Money, with him is "the ready," "the rhino," "the darby;" a good hat is "a rum nab;" to be well off is to be "rhinocerical."
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
And what a convenient implement this for a froth-house builder who is compelled to work behind her back—mortar-feeder, trowel, darby, compass, and level all in one!
From My Studio Neighbors by William Hamilton Gibson
"Let me remove that darby, my lord," said Mauresco.
From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield
Darby first started working at the company in 2019, as a development and production executive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
In addition to her share of Tea Shop’s profits on “Obsession,” Darby is seeking a full accounting for several projects as well as unpaid wages, expenses and relief for retaliation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Football coach Kemar Darby said that excitement for the game had exploded among local youngsters on the back of the World Cup, fired in particular by star players like France's Mbappe and Desire Doue.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
"Everyone is hopeful that won't be the case," Darby said, adding that there is a recognition by US trade negotiators that the pact has benefited all three countries.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
In that same year, 1820, the year of the Missouri Compromise, Thomas Garrett and his wife, Sarah, both Quakers, moved from Darby, Pennsylvania, to Wilmington, Delaware.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
The great escapist simply banged the darbies on the pillar and walked off.
From Time Magazine Archive
He arrived just in time to run up against that effective club, and he too went down, and as he fell the detective leaped upon him and fixed the darbies on him.
From Oscar the Detective Or, Dudie Dunne, The Exquisite Detective by Harlan Page Halsey
It didn't take him two minutes to work the shine darbies over his hands.
From Back to the Woods by Hugh McHugh
Touching my arm, he said, "White-Jacket, this here reminds me of Sing-Sing, when a draft of fellows in darbies, came on from the State Prison at Auburn for a change of scene like, you know!"
From White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War by Herman Melville
And then the darbies were on him, and soon after they were off me.
From The Torch and Other Tales by Eden Phillpotts
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