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straightjacket

straight·jac·ket

uncommon

noun

1.

a jacket-like garment used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person

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Origin

Due to the confusion between the spelling of strait in straitjacket and the more common word straight; more at straight-laced § Etymology.

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