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bracelets

noun A2
  1. handcuffs (colloquial)
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Merryweather, but he is at the head of his profession, and I would rather have my bracelets on him than on any criminal in London.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 24 · B2
She was dressed with exceeding smartness and wore several bangle bracelets that glittered and rattled and tinkled with every movement of her hands.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 189 · C1
She wore no chains, bracelets or lockets.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 16 · C1
Hurst, principally occupied in playing with her bracelets and rings, joined now and then in her brother’s conversation with Miss Bennet.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 59 · B2

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