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lace-cur⋅tain

[leys-kur-tn]
–adjective Sometimes Offensive.
characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class: Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace-curtain Irish family in Boston.
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lace-cur·tain   (lās'kûr'tn)
adj.  Aspiring to or emulating the middle class.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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