square-toed meaning

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square-toed (adjective): exaggeratedly proper.

square-toed has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

square-toed as an adjective

  1. exaggeratedly proper
    • my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts

    Synonyms: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian

    Similar: proper

  2. having a square toe
    • square-toed shoes

    Synonyms: squared-toe

    Similar: toed

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