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straitjacket [ˈstreɪtˌdʒækɪt] n 1. (Clothing & Fashion) Also called straightjacket a jacket made of strong canvas material with long sleeves for binding the arms of violent prisoners or mental patients 2. a severe restriction or limitation vb
(tr) to confine in or as if in a straitjacket ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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How will you like to see your mother in a straitjacket an' a padded cell, shut out from the light of the sun an' beaten like a nigger before the war, Willie, beaten an' clubbed like a regular black nigger? I always thought him sane enough until today, but you can take it from me that either he or I ought to be in a straitjacket. |
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