cuffs

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He'll use real cuffs, and the cuffs will be covered in red ants.

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  1. noun A fold used as trimming at the bottom of a sleeve.
  2. noun A band, often having an opening with a button closure, at the bottom of a sleeve.
  3. noun The turned-up fold at the bottom of a trouser leg.

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  • His rather bony fists were clenched beneath his loose shirt-cuffs, his eyebrows tragically lifted Is she much ill?" —  The Lost Girl
  • Frock coats, trimmed on the bottom of the skirts, cuffs, and front with colored cloth, five inches wide; white pants, black hose, crossed with red binding; low shoes; knee and shoe buckles; low-crowned, black Kossuth hat, encircled with a band of gold, and ornamented in front with a large paste pin and showy plume. —  Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants
  • "The last of the week we shall be starting back to civilization--to starched collars and cuffs, and the rush and hubbub of city life. —  The Story of Porcelain
  • The fodder being astringent will serve by its tannin, which is abundant, to cure or prevent looseness In a clever parody on Bret Harte's "Heathen Chinee," an undergraduate is detected in having primed himself before examination thus Inscribed on his cuffs were the Furies, and Fates With a delicate map of the Dorian States Whilst they found in his palms, which were hollow What are common in Palms--namely, Dates 155] Again, a conserve is prepared by the Egyptians from unripe Dates whole with sugar. —  Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
  • As worn by Winn the tails hung nearly to the floor, the cuffs were turned back over his wrists, and the collar rubbed against his ears A pretty costume in which to appear before a strange girl," thought poor Winn, who was noted at home for being fastidious concerning his dress and personal appearance. —  Raftmates A Story of the Great River
 

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