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ball and chain definition

☆ ball and chain

a metal ball fastened by a chain to a prisoner's body to prevent escape

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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