straitlaced

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straitlaced (comparative more straitlaced, superlative most straitlaced)

  1. Alternative spelling of straight-laced.
    • 2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 164:
      He played the straitlaced partner of the rowdy hero, always nagging him about paperwork and protocol.
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