English Explanatory Dictionary

straightjacket

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Misspelling of straitjacket.

Word forms

straightjacket

Etymology

Due to the confusion between the spelling of strait in straitjacket and the more common word straight; more at straight-laced § Etymology.

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