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strait-laced

adj

Definitions

  1. Bound with stays.

    • Juryman. My lord, I desire to know whether her stays were laced? Dell. Yes, she was laced. Mr. Cowper. If I take you right, you say she was strait-laced? Dell. Her stays were laced.
    • High she was in the instep, but short in the heel; strait-laced, but loose-bodied.

  2. Alternative spelling of straight-laced.

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