square-toes
[skwair-tohz]
- an old-fashioned or strait-laced person.
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Origin of square-toes
First recorded in 1765–75
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Patent-leather boots had gone round, and Square-toes had hopped over.
A Study In ScarletArthur Conan Doyle
But I should think Nan knows better than to marry a square-toes.
Dangerous AgesRose Macaulay
Hut, Mr. Bally,” says I, “you would have made a mock of me; you would never have spent ten civil words on such a Square-toes.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25)Robert Louis Stevenson
When they got inside they walked up and down the room—or rather, Patent-leathers stood still while Square-toes walked up and down.
A Study In ScarletArthur Conan Doyle