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What does tight-laced mean?

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Later, the eyes of the fans were directed with more force toward the Jagger crotch — in embroidered, unzipped Ossie Clark jumpsuits and in tight-laced knee breeches, during Jagger's sporty, gay-quarterback phase.
Two characters trying and failing to drown their hopes and regrets, and two strong actors refusing to be tight-laced by a director's exercise in style: here is a mood piece looking for a fight.
Some of the tourist-orientated cafes are too tight-laced, but Café Hawelka is a favourite.
It was a room where one might fancy the ghost of a tight-laced lady revisiting the scene of her embroidery.
The gadgetry was largely the result of a tight-laced budget, always the midwife of invention.

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