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- noun Plural form of
cuff .
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Examples
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Here, a pure linen shirt-dress, enhanced with embroidery at the collar and cuffs, is paired with the subtlest of accessories: a blue French silk ribbon to accent the waist ...
Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine 2009
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The only two I have seen is the one of him in cuffs in the squad car (that should give our trolls a woody with their dominatrix fantasies), and the other of his acne scared face in a court room.
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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:
Donna Hughes and Criminalizing Prostitution « Bound, Not Gagged 2009
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Here, a pure linen shirt-dress, enhanced with embroidery at the collar and cuffs, is paired with the subtlest of accessories: a blue French silk ribbon to accent the waist ...
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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The police can and will difuse a situation by putting you in cuffs and hauling you downtown.
Discourse.net: Deconstructing the Police Report in the Skip Gates Arrest Case 2009
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In go the PSU to pull wino clear and then its away in cuffs for runaway girl.
The Last Pop Song « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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When the officer said call us back if he comes back, that means he did not commit a crime that we can make a case against him with; now if we are there and he acts an ass, then disorderly conduct works to put him in cuffs every time.
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We learned to make a shirt with a yoke, collar, and cuffs from a commercial pattern.
"Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930 2006
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Chalabi should be put in cuffs and handed over to Jordan.
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"Structural reform is much more important than putting people away in cuffs," Spitzer continued.
The Crusader 2004
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Ms. Garland said that United, like many airlines, keeps “tough cuffs,” which look like zip ties, onboard for restraining passengers.
United Asks Flight Attendants Not to Tape Passengers to Seats By 2021
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