adjective
Aspiring to or emulating the middle class.
lace-curtain
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Adjective
(comparative more lace-curtain, superlative most lace-curtain)
- Having social aspirations; or pretending to be middle class
Origin
From the practice of putting lace curtains in the windows
Noun
(plural lace curtains)
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