ball and chain
Example Sentences
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Along with displays of the ball and chain that is incorporated into the museum’s logo, a controversial artifact is “Old Sparky,” the decommissioned electric chair that was in operation between 1924 and 1964.
From Washington Post
Playing up to his criminal past, he attended one photoshoot at the club wearing a mock prison uniform with a fake ball and chain tied around his ankle.
From BBC
For the bacteria providing the transport, says one of the study’s authors, “it’s like a ball and chain around your ankle.”
From Science Magazine
These handcuffed honeys have literally become each other’s old ball and chain.
From Fox News
Ask them if they are in the Stone Age where that old trope about "the ball and chain" still applies?
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
