Topic: CLOTHES
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| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | strait 'narrow, tight' ( STRAIT) + jacket |
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strait‧jack‧et , straightjacket
[countable]
[countable]1DCCSC a special piece of clothing that prevents someone from moving their arms, used to control someone who is being violent or, in the past, someone who was mentally ill
2 something such as a law or set of ideas that puts very strict or unfair limits on someone : 
the straitjacket of censorship
the straitjacket of censorship
