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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: strait, street, & strict, vs straight & stretch tsuwm #178217 07/21/08 03:13 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Fiske pops up top of the charts in a Google Books search on "straight-laced", with Garner coming in fifth (link). The earliest use I came across in the same set of search results is 1820, in a court case (link). (There are plenty more examples from the 19th century, but I'll leave those for the reader to pursue.) Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Borders' editors loosen their laces duncan7 07/21/08 01:06 PM Re: Borders' editors loosen their laces tsuwm 07/21/08 02:13 PM Re: Borders' editors loosen their laces duncan7 07/21/08 02:37 PM Re: Borders' editors loosen their laces tsuwm 07/21/08 02:25 PM Re: strait, street, & strict, vs straight & stretch zmjezhd 07/21/08 03:13 PM Re: Borders' editors loosen their laces Myridon 07/21/08 03:47 PM Re: Borders' editors loosen their laces duncan7 07/21/08 04:24 PM Re: Borders' editors loosen their laces Zed 07/21/08 07:54 PM Re: Borders' editors loosen their laces The Pook 07/22/08 12:20 AM Re: Borders' editors loosen their laces Faldage 07/22/08 09:51 AM Re: Borders' editors loosen their laces Hydra 07/22/08 11:05 AM Re: Borders' editors loosen their laces Zed 07/22/08 08:05 PM Re: Borders' editors loosen their laces Buffalo Shrdlu 07/21/08 08:03 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,004 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 860 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 12 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,965 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,956 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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