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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
straitjacket .
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Examples
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Speaking at the National Eisteddfod in Cardiff, he said economic development policy is effectively "straitjacketed" and called for a debate on how giving the Assembly law-making powers would help Welsh economic competitiveness.
Dylan Jones Evans hits out at Business Support in Wales Valleys Mam 2008
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An Assembly Government spokesman said: Far from being 'straitjacketed', businesses in Wales are benefiting from our new programme of flexible support for business.
Dylan Jones Evans hits out at Business Support in Wales Valleys Mam 2008
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Whether it is a lull in conversation, or a lull in behavior, or a lull in regulation - we are much more comfortable when cocooned (straitjacketed?) in structure and "no."
aVOIDance 2010
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Whether it is a lull in conversation, or a lull in behavior, or a lull in regulation - we are much more comfortable when cocooned (straitjacketed?) in structure and "no."
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David Blaine and Criss Angel are complete tools compared to the original handcuffed, shackled, straitjacketed, milk-can-contained, packing-trunk-encased, Chinese-Torture-enclosed, master of escape: Harry Houdini.
Harmon Leon: Harry Houdini and His Cunning Stunts at the Contemporary Jewish Museum Harmon Leon 2011
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Whether it is a lull in conversation, or a lull in behavior, or a lull in regulation - we are much more comfortable when cocooned (straitjacketed?) in structure and "no."
aVOIDance 2010
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Whether it is a lull in conversation, or a lull in behavior, or a lull in regulation - we are much more comfortable when cocooned (straitjacketed?) in structure and "no."
Adaptation 2010
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Whether it is a lull in conversation, or a lull in behavior, or a lull in regulation - we are much more comfortable when cocooned (straitjacketed?) in structure and "no."
Community 2010
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Whether it is a lull in conversation, or a lull in behavior, or a lull in regulation - we are much more comfortable when cocooned (straitjacketed?) in structure and "no."
Learning 2010
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Whether it is a lull in conversation, or a lull in behavior, or a lull in regulation - we are much more comfortable when cocooned (straitjacketed?) in structure and "no."
Expression 2010
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