A ball and chain (also known as leg irons) is a physical restraint device historically used to bind prisoners of both adolescent and adult ages. Their...
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up ball and chain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A ball and chain is a type of restraint device. Ball and chain may also refer to: Ball & Chain, a...
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Prison Break: The Final Break (redirect from The Old Ball and Chain (Prison Break))
Company and the subsequent revelation of Michael Scofield's (portrayed by Wentworth Miller) death. The film details the manipulated arrest and incarceration...
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Ball & Chain is a 2004 romantic comedy written by Thomas Mortimer. It was directed by Shiraz Jafri and produced by A. V. T. Shankardass. It stars Sunil...
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Flail (weapon) (redirect from Ball-and-chain flail)
and somewhat sensationlist studies have now been largely debunked. Waldman (2005) documented several likely authentic examples of the ball-and-chain flail...
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"Ball and Chain" is a song by Southern California punk rock band Social Distortion. Written by Mike Ness in 1987, it is featured on their self-titled album...
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Ball chain or bead chain is a type of chain consisting of small sheet metal balls connected via short lengths of wire. The balls are hollow and have two...
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"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...
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an internal combustion engine, typically with a 2:1 speed reduction. Ball and chain, a phrase that can refer to either the actual restraint device that...
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"Ball and Chain" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by the British rock band The Who, appearing as the second track on their 2019 album...
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Panapet (redirect from Panasonic Ball and Chain)
six-transistor superheterodyne, and its audio amplifier uses transformers. The clone has no chain, but has metal ring between ball halves instead. A later clone...
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In neuroscience, ball and chain inactivation is a model to explain the fast inactivation mechanism of voltage-gated ion channels. The process is also called...
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Big Mama Thornton (category American rhythm and blues singers)
beginning of rock-and-roll, especially in its use of the guitar as the key instrument". Thornton's other recordings include her song "Ball and Chain", made famous...
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"Ball and Chain" is a song written by Colin Moulding of XTC for their 1982 album English Settlement. It was issued as the second single from the album...
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"Ball & Chain" is a song by English musician Elton John with lyrics by Gary Osborne. It is the third track on his 1982 album Jump Up! and was released...
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gekigan-jutsu (using a ball and chain), chigiriki-jutsu (using a ball and chain on a short stick), and kusarigama-jutsu (employing a chain-ball-sickle weapon)...
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band members. The European and the American editions of the album featured different versions of the song "Ball and Chain" with the latter edition having...
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Janis Joplin (category American rhythm and blues singer-songwriters)
cover versions of "Piece of My Heart", "Cry Baby", "Down on Me", "Ball and Chain", and "Summertime", as well as her original song "Mercedes Benz", which...
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English Settlement (redirect from Jason and the Argonauts (XTC song))
"Senses Working Overtime", "Ball and Chain" and "No Thugs in Our House". English Settlement was well-received critically and continues to be regarded by...
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rockabilly, blues and country music experimentation of Prison Bound with songs like "Drug Train" and the radio hit "Ball and Chain". The focus on the...
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Be Yourself Tonight (redirect from I Love You Like a Ball and Chain)
Aretha Franklin) and "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)". The album has been described as their most commercially successful album, and has been pitched...
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been used as weights.) However, there are few depictions of such a ball-and-chain flail from the period, so the weapon of this type appears to have been...
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"Roadblock" and "Ball and Chain". However, the band's manager decided not to allow Pennebaker's film crew to film and record them without paying them, and ordered...
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"Rock to Recovery" and his son joined him on stage and played lead guitar for the song "Ball and Chain". On April 7, 2023, Ness and Social Distortion posted...
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Social Distortion (section Second hiatus, Danell's death and Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll (1997–2004))
their well-known hit singles "Ball and Chain", "Story of My Life", and the cover of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire", and was certified gold by the RIAA...
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Haven season 1 (redirect from Ball and Chain (Haven))
Michelle Monteith as Julia Carr a ^ Donat and Dunsworth were promoted to recurring starting with "Ball and Chain". In the pilot, their names originally appear...
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"Ball and Chain" was actually recorded live in concert, at the grand opening of the Fillmore East on March 8, 1968. Cheap Thrills was a critical and commercial...
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American Dad! season 15 (redirect from My Purity Ball and Chain)
New Monday Night Animation Block with Season Premiere of "American Dad!" and Series Premiere of "Final Space"" (Press release). Turner Broadcasting System...
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XTC (redirect from Terry and the Lovemen)
(1979) "Towers of London" (1980) "Generals and Majors" (1980) "Respectable Street" (1981) "Ball and Chain" (1982) "All of A Sudden (It's Too Late) (1982)...
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Prison Break (redirect from List of awards and nominations received by Prison Break)
episodes. Two additional episodes, titled "The Old Ball and Chain" and "Free" were produced, and were later transformed into a standalone feature, titled...
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