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Buckram

adjective
1.
Rigidly formal.  Synonyms: starchy, stiff.  "The letter was stiff and formal" , "His prose has a buckram quality"





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"Buckram" Quotes from Famous Books



... here's Sir Timothy. When he looks in that way, all buckram, deportment, and solemnity, I know he's going to pitch ...
— The Duke's Children • Anthony Trollope


Words linked to "Buckram" :   formal, textile, starchy, fabric, stiffen, material, cloth


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