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straight-laced

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straight-laced (strtlst)
adj.
Variant of strait-laced.
straight-laced
adj
a variant spelling of strait-laced
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Adj.1.straight-laced - exaggeratedly properstraight-laced - exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
priggish, prissy, prudish, square-toed, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian, puritanical, prim
proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"
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I suppose French morality is not of that straight-laced description which is shocked at trifles.
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