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manaclelike en · ADJ

Etymology

From manacle + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of manacles.
   • Other pieces allude to his mother’s quilts, to his father’s tools, to farm animals and folk amulets, with all of this individual history embedded in a broader one symbolized by manaclelike bracelets and astrological symbols. 2009 May 13, Holland Cotter, “A Life, From a Southern Farm Town to Watts, in Castoff Objects”, in New York Times:

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