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/lays"kerr'tn/, adj. Sometimes Offensive.characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class: Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace-curtain Irish family in Boston.
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lace curtain — UK US noun [countable] usually plural [singular lace curtain plural lace curtains] a curtain made of lace or another light white material that is thin enough to let light pass through it Thesaurus: curtains and blinds … Useful english dictionary
lace curtain — noun count usually plural a curtain made of lace or other light white material, thin enough to let light through … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
lace curtain — UK / US noun [countable, usually plural] Word forms lace curtain : singular lace curtain plural lace curtains a curtain made of lace or another light white material that is thin enough to let light pass through it … English dictionary
lace-curtain — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : having social or economic standing : fashionable often used to imply ostentation or pushing parvenu traits; compare shanty stickin up his nose and actin like he was highbrow, lace curtain Irish J.T.Farrell full of fine… … Useful english dictionary
lace curtain — noun A thin, netlike curtain that lets light into a room, but obstructs vision from outside See Also: lace curtain … Wiktionary
lace-curtain — adjective Date: 1934 copying middle class attributes ; aspiring to middle class standing … New Collegiate Dictionary
lace-curtain — adjective Having social aspirations; or pretending to be middle class … Wiktionary
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lace curtain — n a foreskin. A term from the homosexual lexicon, punning on a symbol of coy respectability which pre dates gay eman cipation … Contemporary slang
The Lace Curtain — was an occasional literary magazine founded and edited by Michael Smith and Trevor Joyce under their New Writers Press imprint. Both press and journal were dedicated to expanding the horizons of Irish poetry by rediscovering a native modernist… … Wikipedia
