cuffs
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The cuffs and waistbands that form a snug seal around a baby’s legs and waist are called the gasketing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
If I were to name it more plainly, I might call it Beatrix Potter weather: damp cuffs, garden gates, the feeling that something is pushing up just beneath the soil.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026
The collection also featured brocade capes, puffer jackets and long wool coats with oversized fur cuffs.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
I was trying to tell them that I am putting my hands behind my back, that my hands are behind my back, and that I am trying to let them put the cuffs on me.
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025
It was a big, closed car, with a driver in a white duster with blue collar and cuffs, and we had him put the back of the car down.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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