A tight-laced chest and a good disposition cannot go together. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
Thin, tight-laced, with a shrill voice and an acidulated temper. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Midas] Reference
And fresh ones for this tight-laced, regimented part of Nemedia. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Warlord]
Prussian Captain of Lancers (Those tight-laced, whiskered prancers). From Wordnik.com. [Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo] Reference
From, among them may be chosen those tight-laced officers who make the court-residences of. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861] Reference
In this, too, you will perceive the tight-laced lady taking a flight beyond the sublime philosopher. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies] Reference
She rested hands on well-curved hips, while her breasts all but spilled out of her tight-laced costume. From Wordnik.com. [Wagers of Sin]
An hourglass figure–a soft, plump 150 -pound 5′4″ woman in a tight-laced corset–is not at all the same as a size 2 fashion model. From Wordnik.com. [Fatophobic Sex Scenes in The L Word] Reference
She was a round, flat-faced, high-hipped, high-shouldered woman, short in the body, and tight-laced; and she had a trick of wagging her skirts and perking at a man when talking to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
"In any case," they frequently retort, "we do not know that foot-binding gives much more pain than do the tight-laced stays of foreign women, and certainly it is not so ugly or prejudicial to the health.". From Wordnik.com. [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference
Sisters-in-law, faithful to their upbringing and tight-laced in their respectable stays, think that they have overflowed into the most distressing enthusiasm if they have written: ‘my kindest regards.’. From Wordnik.com. [The Sweet Cheat Gone] Reference
From his right side protruded a couteau de chasse; and his legs were not a little set off by the tight-laced boots, which, coming up some way beyond the ancle, displayed his calf to the very best advantage. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
"He ought to be tight-laced, I tell you," said the man. From Wordnik.com. [Many Cargoes] Reference
"He can't be tight-laced without stays," said Tommy scornfully. From Wordnik.com. [Many Cargoes] Reference
Living, a wonder, outgrown from the tight-laced gold of his sandals. From Wordnik.com. [Andromeda and Other Poems] Reference
The idea! telling a young lady, before her father, she is tight-laced!. From Wordnik.com. [A Simpleton] Reference
A corseted version of the bodyshape, for use with tight-laced corseted outfits. From Wordnik.com. [Fashion World of SL] Reference
Her dress was white damask, exceeding neat; but her stays seemed not tight-laced. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7] Reference
Thin, tight-laced, with a shrill voice and an acidulated temper, Miss Twexby was still. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Midas] Reference
These discontinued, she might linger on for years, existing, though not living -- the tight-laced cannot be said to live. From Wordnik.com. [A Simpleton] Reference
Vince believed women need to start wearing corsets again - "being tight-laced to 19 inches, bewitchingly close to the magic 18, waiting to be unpinned". From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online]
The actress has said that she "loved" tight-laced Natalie in Jason Reitman's dramedy because of her "unapologetic ambition" and "independence" as a young, professional woman. From Wordnik.com. [All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News] Reference
The fear of having her slip spoiled, recalled her strength; she forgot her weariness, pinched feet, and tight-laced waist, and made all the haste she could to get under cover. From Wordnik.com. [Ami des enfants. English] Reference
"Why, the child is tight-laced!" he said; "surely you must have noticed it, madam. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Little Australians] Reference
I don’t own a corset, but I have heard from several SCAdians and historical reenactors that if they are well-fitted and not tight-laced, they can be comfortable. From Wordnik.com. [When What We Think We Know, Is Actually Wrong at SF Novelists] Reference
(Those tight-laced, whiskered prancers). From Wordnik.com. [Ballads] Reference
To high-built heads and tight-laced hearts. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes] Reference
Of tight-laced boots?. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
AM I tight-laced? ". From Wordnik.com. [A Simpleton] Reference
"I am never tight-laced. From Wordnik.com. [A Mummer's Tale] Reference
Motionless, mute, tight-laced and trim. From Wordnik.com. [Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse] Reference
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