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- noun Common misspelling of
straitjacket .
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Examples
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Bring me your escape artists dangling upside down in a straight-jacket from the sides of tall buildings
Chinese farmer gets life in prison for evading highway tolls Jerry Ratch 2011
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Indeed it liberates our linguistic straight-jacket.
Jason Silva: On Creativity, Marijuana and "a Butterfly Effect in Thought" Jason Silva 2011
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Though it started out to be a measure of an administration's resistance to Castro's politics, it very soon became a straight-jacket whereby first-generation Cuban-Americans wielded inordinate political power over both parties and constructed a veto over rational, mature diplomacy.
Gary Hart: Fiction in Foreign Policy Gary Hart 2011
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While she is gone, Jonathan tells us that he doesn't understand why he was in the bottom for his straight-jacket/diseased tablecloth ensemble.
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 11 Recap: Alba-tross Una LaMarche 2010
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Though it started out to be a measure of an administration's resistance to Castro's politics, it very soon became a straight-jacket whereby first-generation Cuban-Americans wielded inordinate political power over both parties and constructed a veto over rational, mature diplomacy.
Gary Hart: Fiction in Foreign Policy Gary Hart 2011
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Genre is a marketing convenience; it is also a straight-jacket for creativity.
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Genre can be a straight-jacket for your platform as well.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » On Platforms and Opportunities 2009
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Rosini Lippi blogged recently about Genre Jackets, writing, “Genre is a marketing convenience; it is also a straight-jacket for creativity.”
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » On Platforms and Opportunities 2009
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Genre is a marketing convenience; it is also a straight-jacket for creativity.
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Though it started out to be a measure of an administration's resistance to Castro's politics, it very soon became a straight-jacket whereby first-generation Cuban-Americans wielded inordinate political power over both parties and constructed a veto over rational, mature diplomacy.
Gary Hart: Fiction in Foreign Policy Gary Hart 2011
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