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lace-curtain

lace-curtain adjective: having social aspirations, or pretending to be middle class.

Adjective

lace-curtain (comparative more lace-curtain, superlative most lace-curtain)

  1. Having social aspirations, or pretending to be middle class.

Forms of lace-curtain

comparativemore lace-curtain
superlativemost lace-curtain

Origin of lace-curtain

From the practice of putting lace curtains in the windows.

Questions about lace-curtain

What does lace-curtain mean?
Lace-curtain means having social aspirations, or pretending to be middle class.
What part of speech is lace-curtain?
Lace-curtain is an adjective.

Words near lace-curtain in the dictionary

  1. lace piece
  2. lace pieces
  3. lace pillow
  4. lace pillows
  5. lace up
  6. lace-curtain
  7. lace-leaf
  8. lace-leafs
  9. lace-leaves
  10. lace-up
  11. laceability

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