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tight-laced meaning and definition
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Definition of tight-laced (adjective)
- exaggeratedly proper
- "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
- synonyms: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straightlaced, straight-laced, straitlaced, strait-laced, victorian
Source: Princeton University Wordnet