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Definition of strait-laced adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

strait-laced

 adjective
(also straight-laced) adjective
NAmE//ˌstreɪt ˈleɪst//
 
(disapproving)
 
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having strict or old-fashioned ideas about people's moral behavior
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