straightjacket

British

/ ˈstreɪtˌdʒækɪt /

noun

a less common spelling of straitjacket

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Example Sentences

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‘A toll structure effectively puts a straightjacket on flows.’

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

"There's this dark cloud over us, and I describe it to people that I am farming in a straightjacket."

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2023

"You ought to award the guy a green straightjacket," says Senior Architecture Editor Ron Whitten.

From Golf Digest • Oct. 15, 2018

The haikuscenti have been fighting to free the form from that syllabular straightjacket.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2016

I realize I’m done, so I close my mouth and stand there waiting for the paramedics, or whoever comes with the straightjacket.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

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