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单词 handicuff
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handicuffn.1

Brit. /ˈhandᵻkʌf/, U.S. /ˈhændᵻˌkəf/
Forms: 1600s handiecuff, 1600s– handicuff, 1600s– handycuff.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: handy adj., cuff n.2
Etymology: < handy adj. + cuff n.2, apparently after fisticuff n.
Now rare.
A blow or cuff with the hand. Also in at handicuffs: fighting hand-to-hand; to come (also go) to handicuffs: to begin hand-to-hand fighting. Also figurative. Usually in plural. Cf. handy blow n., fisticuff n.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the hand
handstroke1488
hand blow?1569
cuff1570
handy blow1572
kerry-merry-buff1598
cuffing1610
handicuff1611
hander1829
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Alle bótte..Also at blowes, at handicuffes, at stroakes.
1615 E. Grimeston tr. P. d'Avity Estates 985 Whensoeuer they met, they wrestled and fought at handie cuffes.
1660 J. Horne Truth's Triumph over Deceit 22 I was able to beat him at handicuffs.
1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World vii. 263 They..must have gone to handy-cuffs with the enemy, having no pistols or cutlasses.
1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxi. 110 His rhetoric and conduct were at perpetual handy-cuffs.
1773 J. Berridge Christian World Unmasked 182 If your words are very rough, you may bring on a furious handy-cuff.
1816 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 4) 383/2 Jeux de main, manual play, or what are vulgarly called handicuffs.
1894 P. H. Hunter James Inwick (1896) x. 89 Auld frien's cam nigh to handicuffs ower the question o' the kirk, an' wadna darken ane anither's doors.
1909 E. S. Dorrance Maid & Man v. 126 Men justify themselves for mental handicuffs with women.
1919 Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. 14 302 Handicuffs of boys in play are of the same type.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

handicuffn.2

Brit. /ˈhandɪkʌf/, U.S. /ˈhændiˌkəf/
Forms: 1800s handycuff, 1800s– handicuff.
Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: handcuff n.
Etymology: Apparently an alteration (after e.g. handicraft n., handiwork n.) of handcuff n. Compare earlier cuff n.1 3, and also handicuff n.1
Somewhat rare.
= handcuff n.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) > for the hands or arms
copsa700
manaclec1350
handlock1532
hand-bolt1563
handcuff1649
cuff1663
Darbies1673
glim-fenders1699
government securities1707
pinion1736
ruffles1776
bracelet1817
nippers1821
handicuff1825
shangy1839
snitchers1864
come-along1874
shackle-irons1876
mitten1880
wristlet1881
snaps1891
snips1891
stringers1893
twister1910
1825 S. Hobson Country Vicar 51 O yes, I saw him bring secure In handicuffs a hapless wight.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Handy-cuffs, handcuffs.
1950 Evening Independent (St. Petersburg, Florida) 20 Mar. 1/3 A big contingent of federal and city policemen..put Gubitchev—in handicuffs—on the ship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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