Found 2 items, similar to Strait-laced.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: strait-laced
strait-laced
adj : exaggeratedly proper;
“my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't
approve of my miniskirts” [syn:
priggish,
prim,
prissy,
prudish,
puritanical,
square-toed,
straitlaced,
straightlaced,
straight-laced,
tight-laced,
victorian]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Strait-laced
Strait-laced
\Strait"-laced`\, a.
1. Bound with stays.
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Let nature have scope to fashion the body as she
thinks best; we have few well-shaped that are
strait-laced. --Locke.
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2. Restricted; stiff; constrained. [R.] --Fuller.
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3. Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.
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