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
On “Obsession,” the complaint says, Darby was paid $300,000 out of the film’s initial minimum guarantee after Tea Shop directed her company, Runt Productions, to invoice for “Services: Obsession.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
But one of its producers, Leonora Ann Darby, is claiming she hasn’t received her share of the profit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The council's usual chair and vice-chair, David Moore and Debbie Darby, had already left the meeting because the discussion related to their allowances.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 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
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
To twig the darbies, to knock of the irons.
The detective was ready for the man, and he brought him to his knees upon the grass, and an instant later the darbies were on him.
From The Dock Rats of New York by Harlan Page Halsey
Look-a-here, stranger, is it the darbies, or the crime, which brings the disgrace upon the family?
From Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue by Warren T. Ashton
"Hush, Jimmy, don't threaten while the darbies are on you; but it will be a long time before you will again enjoy your favorite game."
From Oscar the Detective Or, Dudie Dunne, The Exquisite Detective by Harlan Page Halsey
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