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velvet handcuffs
n. 1 (&lit velvet handcuffs English) 2 (context idiomatic English) golden handcuffs: any arrangement designed to provide favorable benefits or pay so as to discourage a participant from wanting to leave it.
Usage examples of "velvet handcuffs".
Raoul couldn't decide between the vibrating lips, the velvet handcuffs, or the condoms with little prickles all over them.
The velvet handcuffs and whips, the scented oils and hallucinogens.