What does ball and chain mean?

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ball and cha·in

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ball and chainnoun

    heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain

Wiktionary

  1. ball and chainnoun

    A heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner's leg by a chain as a means of restraint.

  2. ball and chainnoun

    One's wife, as a symbol of restraint.

Wikipedia

  1. Ball and Chain

    Ball and Chain (also "Ball 'n' Chain" or "Ball & Chain") is a blues song written and recorded by American blues artist Big Mama Thornton. Although her recording did not appear on the record charts, the song has become one of Thornton's best-known, largely due to performances and recordings by Janis Joplin.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. ball and chain

    For serious offenses soldiers are sometimes sentenced to wear a 6- or 12-pounder ball attached by a chain to the leg.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ball and chain in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ball and chain in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of ball and chain in a Sentence

  1. Keith Nothacker:

    The blood alcohol monitoring devices used in legal and medical circles are big and bulky, like a ball and chain for the ones using it, we wanted to make something people would want to wear.

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