English Explanatory Dictionary

lace-curtain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having social aspirations; or pretending to be middle class

Word forms

lace-curtain more lace-curtain most lace-curtain

Etymology

From the practice of putting lace curtains in the windows.

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