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strait-lace
[ streyt-leys ]
verb (used with object)
, strait-laced, strait-lac·ing.
- to bind, confine, or restrain with or as if with laces.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of strait-lace1
First recorded in 1630–40; back formation from strait-laced
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