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What does prim and proper mean?

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Adjective
  1. (idiomatic) prudish, straight-laced
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That made her stand out a little bit, and that she wasn't too prim and proper.
There not very far from them sat the Princess, sitting very prim and proper, watching the fish play in the fountain pool.
The neighbors were prim and proper, from their impeccable manners down to their neatly manicured lawns.
At one point she thought she would laugh aloud at how prim and proper they both sounded, when just below the surface, tension seethed.
Her mother spat fire whenever she caught Danielle sitting in any position other than the normal prim and proper, ramrod stiff spine lady pose.
It was true Lily was extraordinarily prim and proper when she started going to Alex's school.

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