STRAIT-LACED

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Strait″–laced′ (?), a. 1. 1. Bound with stays.
Let nature have scope to fashion the body as she thinks best; we have few well-shaped that are strait-laced. Locke. 2. 2. Restricted; stiff; constrained. Fuller.
3. 3. Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.