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strait-laced definition

strait·-laced (-lāst′)

adjective

  1. Archaic
    1. tightly laced, as a corset
    2. wearing tightly laced garments
  2. narrowly strict or severe in behavior or moral views

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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