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lace-curtain

American  
[leys-kur-tn] / ˈleɪsˌkɜr tn /

adjective

Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.

  1. characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class.

    Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace-curtain Irish family in Boston.

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