strait-laced
See also: straitlaced
English
Adjective
strait-laced (comparative more strait-laced, superlative most strait-laced)
- Alternative spelling of straight-laced
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Bound with stays.
- John Locke
- Let nature have scope to fashion the body as she thinks best; we have few well-shaped that are strait-laced.
- John Locke
Translations
straight-laced — see straight-laced
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