Handcuffs vs Cuffs - What's the difference?
handcuffs | cuffs |
(plurale tantum) A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.
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English plurals
(handcuff)
English pluralia tantum
As nouns the difference between handcuffs and cuffs
is that handcuffs is (plurale tantum) a fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge while cuffs is .As a verb handcuffs
is (handcuff).handcuffs
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(wikipedia handcuffs)Noun
(head)Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian , 27 November 2014:
- Security is tight inside and outside the building, guarded by a bewildering collection of soldiers, policemen and gendarmes. Relatives watch as prisoners in handcuffs and leg irons shuffle past.