- plural of darby.
darbies
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of darbies
First recorded in 1565–75; probably from the phrase Darby's bonds a rigid bond, perhaps named after a noted 16th-century usurer
Example Sentences
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The great escapist simply banged the darbies on the pillar and walked off.
From Time Magazine Archive
That's not in my department, I shall have the darbies on him some day.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various
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 Halsey, Harlan Page
Trimm, the swell financeer, sportin' 'round with the darbies on him all nice an' snug an' reg'lar!
From The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
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 Ashton, Warren T.
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