Tight-laced

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of strait-laced.
Adjective
  1. 1
    exaggeratedly proper wordnet

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priggishprimprissyprudishpuritanicalsquare-toed

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