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- noun Plural form of
shackle . - noun Restraints, (usually metal) often joined by a chain, placed around a prisoner's wrists or ankles to restrict their movement.
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Examples
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The response - which calls the term shackles "an emotion-charged pejorative" - also notes that the restraints aren't intended as punishment, but deter fighting, disruptions and escape attempts.
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May I recommend a month in shackles, crossing the Atlantic in the hold of a wooden cargo ship, with no latrines.
Think Progress » Rep. Trent Franks: African-Americans were better off under slavery. 2010
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But, a question worth asking is this: if regular people, who have been hurt deeply by the Mozilo-type scams, had been able to see CEOs like Mozilo led away in shackles, consigned to a future that every regular, non-insider person would face had they perpetrated a vast scam, would that have made a difference in the way people view who is fighting for them, and who isn't?
Jonathan Tasini: The Mozilo Method: Rob, Get Caught, Cut Deal, Die Rich Jonathan Tasini 2010
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But, a question worth asking is this: if regular people, who have been hurt deeply by the Mozilo-type scams, had been able to see CEOs like Mozilo led away in shackles, consigned to a future that every regular, non-insider person would face had they perpetrated a vast scam, would that have made a difference in the way people view who is fighting for them, and who isn't?
Jonathan Tasini: The Mozilo Method: Rob, Get Caught, Cut Deal, Die Rich Jonathan Tasini 2010
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But, a question worth asking is this: if regular people, who have been hurt deeply by the Mozilo-type scams, had been able to see CEOs like Mozilo led away in shackles, consigned to a future that every regular, non-insider person would face had they perpetrated a vast scam, would that have made a difference in the way people view who is fighting for them, and who isn't?
Jonathan Tasini: The Mozilo Method: Rob, Get Caught, Cut Deal, Die Rich Jonathan Tasini 2010
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My guess is that he would be dragged out of the country in shackles and/or committed to a psychiatric care facility before he could complete a single show.
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A creature bound by the shackles is considered to be entangled.
RPG Superstar 2009 Round One – Results Are In! « Geek Related 2009
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A shift from a politics of functional government to one of dysfunctional government, sustained by institutional shackles, is much more problematic. jons Says:
Matthew Yglesias » Polarization + Supermajority = Disaster 2010
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The DC to break or slip out of the shackles is 30.
RPG Superstar 2009 Round One – Results Are In! « Geek Related 2009
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A shift from a politics of functional government to one of dysfunctional government, sustained by institutional shackles, is much more problematic.
Matthew Yglesias » Polarization + Supermajority = Disaster 2010
qms commented on the word shackles
Heard in the movie “Mr. Turner:” a couple of unfamiliar words that do not appear in standard dictionaries. One was “shackles” as a type of food:
As the scene was set in East Kent I suspect it is a Kentish dialect word but I cannot find it documented. It may be a local word for a species of shellfish or perhaps some finned fish preserved in salt. Does anyone know what you are eating when you are eating shackles in Kent?
August 15, 2015
slumry commented on the word shackles
According to OED, soup, stew or broth. http://findwords.info/term/shackles
August 15, 2015
qms commented on the word shackles
Thank you, slumry.
August 15, 2015
slumry commented on the word shackles
As always, a pleasure.
August 15, 2015