Pearl-clutcher

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Noun
  1. 1
    A prim, prudish, or easily offended person. derogatory, idiomatic

    "It’s a dynamic that goes back to the rude, rule-breaking Groucho Marx—destroyer of élites!—and Margaret Dumont, pop culture’s primal pearl-clutcher."

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"It’s a dynamic that goes back to the rude, rule-breaking Groucho Marx—destroyer of élites!—and Margaret Dumont, pop culture’s primal pearl-clutcher."

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