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straight arrow

–noun Informal.
a person who manifests high-minded devotion to clean living and moral righteousness.

Origin:
1965–70


straight-arrow, adjective
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straight arrow  
n.   Informal
  1. A morally upright person.

  2. A person regarded as being extremely conventional.


[From the phrase straight as an arrow.]
straight'-ar'row (strāt'ār'ō) adj.
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