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SQUARE-TOED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a square toe
Example:
square-toed shoes
Synonyms:
square-toed; squared-toe
Classified under:
Similar:
toed (having a toe or toes of a specified kind; often used in combination)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Exaggeratedly proper
Example:
my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
Synonyms:
priggish; prim; prissy; prudish; puritanical; square-toed; straight-laced; straightlaced; strait-laced; straitlaced; tight-laced; victorian
Classified under:
Similar:
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
