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BALL AND CHAIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ball and chain mean?
• BALL AND CHAIN (noun)
The noun BALL AND CHAIN has 1 sense:
1. heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain
Familiarity information: BALL AND CHAIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ball and chain" is a kind of...):
bond; hamper; shackle; trammel (a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner))
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