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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Strait-laced  \Strait"-laced`\,  a. 
  1.  Bound  with  stays. 
 
  Let  nature  have  scope  to  fashion  the  body  as  she 
  thinks  best;  we  have  few  well-shaped  that  are 
  strait-laced.  --Locke. 
 
  2.  Restricted;  stiff;  constrained.  [R.]  --Fuller. 
 
  3.  Rigid  in  opinion;  strict  in  manners  or  morals. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  straitlaced 
  adj  :  exaggeratedly  proper;  "my  straitlaced  Aunt  Anna  doesn't 
  approve  of  my  miniskirts"  [syn:  {priggish},  {prim},  {prissy}, 
  {prudish},  {puritanical},  {square-toed},  {straightlaced}, 
  {tight-laced},  {victorian}] 




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