Verb (used with object) : to cuff a pair of trousers. From Dictionary.com.
My lady put me into collars and cuffs from the first. From Wordnik.com. [The Garden Party, and Other Stories] Reference
Chalabi should be put in cuffs and handed over to Jordan. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Durbin: Don’t Be Surprised If “The Chalabi Motorcade Speeds Up When They Pass the Department of Justice”] Reference
In go the PSU to pull wino clear and then its away in cuffs for runaway girl. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Pop Song « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
We learned to make a shirt with a yoke, collar, and cuffs from a commercial pattern. From Wordnik.com. ["Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930] Reference
Feds haul passenger off cruise ship in cuffs for marshmallow incident BY CATHERINE WILSON. From Wordnik.com. [mjh's blog — 2004 — June] Reference
The police can and will difuse a situation by putting you in cuffs and hauling you downtown. From Wordnik.com. [Discourse.net: Deconstructing the Police Report in the Skip Gates Arrest Case] Reference
"Structural reform is much more important than putting people away in cuffs," Spitzer continued. From Wordnik.com. [The Crusader] Reference
How can Dr. Hughes tell us that putting these women in cuffs and in prison frees them? swoplv, on June 10th, 2009 at 7: 03 pm Said. From Wordnik.com. [Donna Hughes and Criminalizing Prostitution « Bound, Not Gagged] Reference
The cuffs are the bloodiest, then the arms, then the front. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Men] Reference
"Inscribed on his cuffs were the Furies, and Fates. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Taking off the cuffs was a nice touch. From Wordnik.com. [The Closers]
Minden figures only come in Swedish cuffs. From Wordnik.com. [Minden Samples Painted Tonight] Reference
And, find these creeps and put them in cuffs. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Democratic Offices Vandalized In Days Surrounding Health Care Vote] Reference
"cuffs" on the nape; and the sixth brother (Night clxxx.) was not. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
After Weitzman's protests, the cuffs were removed. From Wordnik.com. [He Could Run... ...But He Couldn't Hide] Reference
Sometimes, for variety, he rolls up the shorts 'cuffs. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the Beach: Dressing Up Men's Shorts] Reference
He'd prepared rope cuffs to bind their hands and ankles. From Wordnik.com. [Pondering Death Row] Reference
He took a set of cuffs from his pocket and cuffed Nickolai. From Wordnik.com. [Hat Shop Girls] Reference
American Secret Service personnel whispered nervously into their cuffs. From Wordnik.com. [Playing To The Crowd] Reference
Anyway, the neighbors called the cops and dad was hauled away in cuffs. From Wordnik.com. [Space Camp] Reference
His breath assaults my nostrils and on instinct my hand goes for my cuffs. From Wordnik.com. [Old Man's Winter] Reference
"I was lucky — at the last moment they took the cuffs off me," Aleksei says. From Wordnik.com. [The Torture Routine, Russian Style] Reference
"There are swans in the lace collar and cuffs of her last portrait," Williams notes. From Wordnik.com. [WAS THE BARD A WOMAN?] Reference
Despite the Summer heat, she wears an ankle-length red wool coat with fur cuffs and collar. From Wordnik.com. [Everyday Zoology] Reference
Peter Simmons, a London analyst, gets monogrammed cuffs and an extra-long tail to fit his tall frame. From Wordnik.com. [Fashion: Some Sartorial Savoir-Faire] Reference
Gao's feet weren't chained, but for 35 days, his swollen hands were bound together with thick metal cuffs. From Wordnik.com. ['I Still Have Nightmares'] Reference
So there are shoulder problems, like rotator cuffs and tendinitis, in baseball and softball players and swimmers. From Wordnik.com. [Injuries: Don't Go Overboard] Reference
Lugo cuffs him then turns him forward again, holding him at arm's length as if to assess his outfit for the evening. From Wordnik.com. [Books: “Lush Life”] Reference
People who put their initials on shirt pockets or cuffs risk being labeled old-fashioned or, worse, arriviste tacky. From Wordnik.com. [TIP SHEET] Reference
The next day Hirte was summoned to the principal's office, where police slapped cuffs on the boy, then 17, and led him away. From Wordnik.com. [A MERIT BADGE IN MURDER?] Reference
Among the 27 spectators behind them was Adm. George Burkley, Mr. Kennedy's personal physician, his shirt cuffs still bloodstained. From Wordnik.com. [The Day Kennedy Died] Reference
If Congress can pass a budget that forces agencies to cut back on enforcement, zealous prosecutors may well find the cuffs are on them. From Wordnik.com. [Big Crimes, Big Time] Reference
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