lace-curtain

[ leys-kur-tn ]

/ ˈleɪsˌkɜr tn /

adjective Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.

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.

Nearby words

lace glass, lace into, lace pillow, lace stay, lace up, lace-curtain, lace-fern, lace-up, lacebark, lacedaemon, lacedaemonian