Strait-laced
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Alternative spelling of straight-laced. alt-of, alternative
- 2 Bound with stays.
"And if women were themselves to frame the bodies of their children in their wombs, as they 4 often endeavour to mend their shapes when they are out, we should as certainly have no perfect children born, as we have few well-shaped that are strait-laced, or much tampered with."
Adjective
- 1 exaggeratedly proper wordnet
Example
More examples"And if women were themselves to frame the bodies of their children in their wombs, as they 4 often endeavour to mend their shapes when they are out, we should as certainly have no perfect children born, as we have few well-shaped that are strait-laced, or much tampered with."
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