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strait  (straits plural )
1  n-count; n-in-names You can refer to a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea as a strait or  the straits. 
An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually., ...the Straits of Gibraltar.  
2  n-plural If someone is  in dire or desperate  straits, they are in a very difficult situation, usually because they do not have much money. 
adj N 
The company's closure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.  

strait-laced  , straight-laced, straitlaced 
If you describe someone as strait-laced, you disapprove of them because they have very strict views about what kind of behaviour is moral or acceptable.  adj 
 (disapproval)  He was criticised for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded...  



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