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Ball and chain — A ball and chain is a physical restraint device historically used on prisoners.Ball and chain may also refer to: * a physical restraint consisting of a large, heavy metal ball with a chain attached to a prisoner s leg by a manacle. * a… … Wikipedia
ball and chain — 1. a heavy iron ball fastened by a chain to a prisoner s leg. 2. burdensome restraint: The steady accumulation of small debts was a ball and chain to his progress. 3. Slang (disparaging and offensive). a man s wife (often used facetiously). [1825 … Universalium
ball and chain — noun a) A heavy iron ball attached to a prisoners leg by a chain as a means of restraint. Take away this ball and chain. b) Ones wife, as a symbol of restraint … Wiktionary
Ball and Chain (Social Distortion song) — Infobox Single Name = Ball and Chain Artist = Social Distortion from Album = Social Distortion Released = March 27, 1990 Format = Recorded = 1989 Genre = Alternative rock Length = 5:44 Label = Epic Writer = Mike Ness Producer = Dave Jerden… … Wikipedia
Ball and Chain (Elton John song) — Single infobox Name = Ball and Chain Artist = Elton John from Album = Jump Up! B side = The Retreat Released = September, 1982 Genre = Pop, Rock Length = 3:27 Label = Geffen (US/Canada) Rocket Records Writer = Elton John, Gary Osborne Last single … Wikipedia
Panasonic Ball and Chain Radio — The Panasonic Ball and Chain radio was a novelty radio first produced by Panasonic in the early 1970s. It was round and on a chain. The radio was called the Panapet . Two chrome plated dials on the surface were for tuning and volume, and a tuning … Wikipedia
Ball 'n' Chain (Big Mama Thornton song) — Ball n Chain is a song by Big Mama Thornton. The song is best known for it being covered by Janis Joplin. The song appeared on Big Brother and the Holding Company s Cheap Thrills album. Janis first performed the song in the 1967 Monterey Pop… … Wikipedia
Chain gang — For other uses, see Chain gang (disambiguation). 1894 illustration of chain gang performing manual labor … Wikipedia
ball — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 round object in games ADJECTIVE ▪ bowling, cricket, golf, ping pong/Ping Pong™, rugby, soccer (esp. AmE), tennis, etc. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Chain — For other uses, see: Chain (unit) or Chain (disambiguation). A broad metal chain made of torus shaped links … Wikipedia
Chain rule (probability) — In probability theory, the chain rule permits the calculation of any member of the joint distribution of a set of random variables using only conditional probabilities. Consider an indexed set of sets . To find the value of this member of the… … Wikipedia
