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strait-laced
strait-laced, a. (ˌstreɪtˈleɪst) [f. strait adv. + laced ppl. a.] † 1. Wearing stays or bodice tightly laced. Obs.1626 Moryson Shaks. Europe (1903) 485 The [Irish] wemen generally are not straight laced..and the greatest part are not laced at all. 1650 Bulwer Anthropomet. Pref., No Maid here's hands... Oxford English Dictionary
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strait-laced
strait-laced/ˌstreɪt ˈleɪst; `stretˌlest/ adj(derog 贬) having or showing a very strict attitude to moral questions; prim and proper (在道德问题上)极拘谨的; 一本正经的; 古板的 My old aunts are very strait-laced. 我的老姨妈都很古板. 牛津英汉双解词典
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Dirt (1994 film)
When Zheng is injured by a mutual friend, Ye finds herself increasingly attracted to the strait-laced Zheng, while also finding herself attracted to Peng Zhang Xiaotong as Zheng Weidong, a strait-laced police officer who disapproves of Peng Wei's lifestyle. wikipedia.org
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Aurat (1940 film)
Later, the two eldest children die, leaving her with only two sons: the strait-laced Ramu (Surendra) and the wild Birju (Yakub). wikipedia.org
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Masao Sugiuchi
His nickname was "the God of Go" (Japanese 碁の神様, Go no Kami-sama) because of his serious style and strait-laced personality. wikipedia.org
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Don't Marry
Plot A flapper masquerades as her strait-laced cousin to try and impress a potential suitor. wikipedia.org
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Patrick Butler for the Defense
The three, with occasional assistance from Helen, embark upon a series of breakneck escapes from the police and Hugh's strait-laced uncle while they gather wikipedia.org
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Natural Essence (Cyrus Chestnut album)
Reception According to the AllMusic review by Matt Collar: "While many of Chestnut's recordings lean toward the strait-laced and straight-ahead approach wikipedia.org
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Blue (2003 film)
Lee is strait-laced and takes his duties seriously, while Kim treats the Navy as a lark. wikipedia.org
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Cold and Empty
The song was a strait-laced piano ballad about losing a love to the road life. wikipedia.org
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Mortal Fear
people outside their tight knit slayage group; Xander with his co-workers, Willow with her professor at university and Dawn with a new group of not so strait-laced wikipedia.org
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Stronger Than the Law
A strange man from the south arrives, and interacts with the strait-laced Anna and the bubbly Mimmi who openly flouts convention. wikipedia.org
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Good Grief (TV series)
Premise Good Grief focuses on a funeral home called "The Sincerity Mortuary" in Dacron, Ohio run by strait-laced Warren Pepper (Joel Brooks), his sister wikipedia.org
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Family Style (TV series)
Melissa is the more strait-laced and is in charge of running the restaurant. Joey is the flashy one who is in charge of cooking in the kitchen. wikipedia.org
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Weddings Are Wonderful
Guy must persuade her strait-laced mother to allow them to marry while trying to fend off Cora who has heard about the relationship and sports an opportunity wikipedia.org
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