Both Uses of
shackle
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Fourth of July was coming; but he soon gave that up —gave it up before he had worn his shackles over forty-eight hours—and fixed his hopes upon old Judge Frazer, justice of the peace, who was apparently on his deathbed and would have a big public funeral, since he was so high an official.†
Chpt 22 *
- He had to eat with a knife and fork; he had to use napkin, cup, and plate; he had to learn his book, he had to go to church; he had to talk so properly that speech was become insipid in his mouth; whithersoever he turned, the bars and shackles of civilization shut him in and bound him hand and foot.†
Chpt 35
Definition:
to restrain freedom; or a device used to restrain freedom such as metal rings used to chain wrists or ankles to each other