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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

• BALL AND CHAIN (noun)

Sense 1

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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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