bracelets

English

Noun

bracelets

1. plural of bracelet

Noun

bracelets pl (plural only)

1. (colloquial) handcuffs
   • c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):

     Of thirty bare yeares haue I
     twice twenty bin enraged,
     & of forty bin three tymes fifteene
     in durance soundlie caged,
     On yͤ lordlie loftes of Bedlam
     with stubble softe & dainty,
     braue braceletts Strong, sweet whips ding dong
     with wholesome hunger plenty

   • 1911, G. K. Chesterton, The Three Tools of Death:

     "Sergeant," said Inspector Gilder, eyeing the black hands with wrath, "aren't you putting the bracelets on this fellow; he looks pretty dangerous."

Verb

bracelets

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bracelet

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Noun

bracelets m

1. plural of bracelet