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Bilboes vs Bilbies - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between bilboes and bilbies

is that bilboes is (pluralonly) an iron bar fitting around the ankles of prisoners, and having sliding shackles while bilbies is .

bilboes

English

Noun

(wikipedia bilboes) (-)
  • (pluralonly) An iron bar fitting around the ankles of prisoners, and having sliding shackles.
  • :* 2001': The '''bilboes''' looked like handcuffs that went around the ankles. The prisoner lay flat on his back, in the dirt, his feet suspended in the air by a length of iron bar to which the '''bilboes were fastened. — Glen David Gold, ''Carter Beats The Devil

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    bilbies

    English

    Noun

    (head)