Associations to the word «Straightlaced»

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Wiktionary

STRAIGHTLACED, adjective. Alternative form of straight-laced

Dictionary definition

STRAIGHTLACED, adjective. Exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats