Definition of 'straight-laced'

Adjective

1. exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
      Synonyms: priggish prim prissy prudish puritanical square-toed straitlaced strait-laced straightlaced tight-laced victorian

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