starched

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starched

  1. simple past and past participle of starch

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starched (comparative more starched, superlative most starched)

  1. Of a garment: having had starch applied.
    • 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, pages 703-704:
      I recall the height of comfort attained by the green-cushioned "first" with starched white antimacassars and a pretentious grey floor mat on which it seemed a sacrilege to stand, as it was embellished with the North Western conception of Britannia, complete with trident.
  2. Stiff, formal, rigid; prim and proper.

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