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straightjacket::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | straitjacket |
| Type of | garment |
Examples of straightjacket
straightjacket
It's hard to choose which sleeve to wipe my slabbers with in a straightjacket.
From the independent.co.uk
Maybe I do need a straightjacket, maybe I am guilty of occasional magnanimity.
From the independent.co.uk
Then his need to be needed comes to feel like a straightjacket for his unstable wife.
From the bloomberg.com
The EU is a costly, corrupt, straightjacket on our region and country.
From the halesowennews.co.uk
Greece cannot recover with this too strong straightjacket of a currency.
From the economist.com
Mr. Garrison is taken to a mental hospital, where Mr. Hat is placed into a straightjacket.
From the en.wikipedia.org
That last paragraph, I admit, would've made me a candidate for a straightjacket a year ago.
From the bostonherald.com
We've said before that Attorney General Eric Holder has had a straightjacket placed on him.
From the cnn.com
Frankly I can now see it for what it was, a chemical straightjacket.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Straitjacket: a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person
- A straitjacket is a garment shaped like a jacket with overlong sleeves and which is typically used to restrain a person who may otherwise cause harm to him/herself and others. ...
- Common misspelling of straitjacket
