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cuffs
n. (plural) something, such as a part of a sleeve or glove, encircling the wrist
Classic Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1 But Mr Gleeson had round shiny cuffs and clean white wrists and fattish white hands and the nails of them were long and pointed.
2 Once or twice he pulled down his cuffs with one hand while he held the brim of his hat lightly, but firmly, with the other hand.
3 It had cast a gloom over him which he tried to dispel by arranging his cuffs and the bows of his tie.
4 He was dressed in a long green overcoat with mock astrakhan cuffs and collar and wore on his head an oval fur cap.
5 I saw a high starched collar, white cuffs, a light alpaca jacket, snowy trousers, a clear necktie, and varnished boots.
6 Yes; I respected his collars, his vast cuffs, his brushed hair.
7 The butter would probably get on my cuffs.
8 The men shot their cuffs and the women stuck their combs more firmly into their back hair.
9 Yet he was vain of his new turn-down collars and sleek ties; he often spoke of the "sloppy dressing" of Dr. McGanum; and he laughed at old men who wore detachable cuffs or Gladstone collars.
10 Entreaties, cuffs, and kicks could not drive them back, so at their own instance they were put down in the ship's run for salvation.
11 She caught the young officer by his cuffs, and a look of solemnity and fear appeared on her flushed face.
12 The clerk, with cuffs turned up, was hastily writing at a tub turned bottom upwards.
13 Those broad, reddish hands, with hairy wrists visible from under the shirt cuffs, laid down the pack and took up a glass and a pipe that were handed him.
14 What he did on those occasions was to turn up his cuffs, stick up his hair, and give us Mark Antony's oration over the body of Caesar.
15 But in order to signify in some way her preparation for dinner, she asked the maid to brush her dress, changed her cuffs and tie, and put some lace on her head.
Example Sentence:
1 The shirt's cuffs won't sag and lose their shape after washing.
2 The dress pattern doesn't really explain how the cuff joins onto the sleeve.
3 She hoped they wouldn't cuff her hands behind her back.