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adjective
1.
excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
2.
tightly laced, as a bodice.
3.
wearing tightly laced garments.
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Strait-laced
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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| strait-laced or straight-laced | |
| —adj | |
| prudish or puritanical | |
| straight-laced or straight-laced | |
| —adj | |
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