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Strait-jacket   Listen
noun
Strait-jacket  n.  A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the back.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Strait-jacket" Quotes from Famous Books



... rough-and-tumble with the boys I saw staring at me in the streets. But I was taught by my English tutor, Heath, that it would be lowering my dignity to associate with those fine young boys. My "dignity" was placed in a strait-jacket and, in a namby-pamby way, I was taught to play ALONE. I had cousins scattered over Europe who took their lot more happily than I; but even they regretted the mocking barriers that laid down a barrage between us and the more fortunate ...
— Rescuing the Czar - Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated • James P. Smythe



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