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strait-lace

American  
[streyt-leys] / ˈstreɪtˌleɪs /

verb (used with object)

strait-laced, strait-lacing

  1. to bind, confine, or restrain with or as if with laces.

Etymology

Origin of strait-lace

First recorded in 1630–40; back formation from strait-laced

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