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strait-lace

[ streyt-leys ]

verb (used with object)

, strait-laced, strait-lac·ing.
  1. 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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