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strait-laced
[streyt-leyst] 
–adjective
| 1. | excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors. |
| 2. | tightly laced, as a bodice. |
| 3. | wearing tightly laced garments. |
Language Translation for : Strait-laced
| Spanish: | serio, | German: | nicht verzogen, | Japanese: | まじめな |
strait-lace
[streyt-leys] –verb (used with object), -laced, -lac⋅ing.
| to bind, confine, or restrain with or as if with laces. |
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| strait-laced or straight-laced (strāt'lāst')
adj.
[strait, tightly (obsolete) + -laced (from lace).] strait'-lac'ed·ly (-lā'sĭd-lē, -lāst'lē) adv., strait'-lac'ed·ness n. |
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| strait-laced | |
adjective | |
| exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" |
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Strait-laced
Strait"-laced`\, a. 1. Bound with stays. Let nature have scope to fashion the body as she thinks best; we have few well-shaped that are strait-laced. --Locke. 2. Restricted; stiff; constrained. [R.] --Fuller. 3. Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.
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