| Self-righteous person |
Puzzler Backwords |
10 May 2026 |
| Self-righteously correct or moralistic person |
Puzzler Backwords |
09 Apr 2026 |
| Prude |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
11 Feb 2026 |
| Self-righteous person |
Puzzler Backwords |
17 Dec 2025 |
| Puritan swine claims right |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
27 Nov 2025 |
| Self-righteously correct or moralistic person |
Puzzler Backwords |
16 Nov 2025 |
| Prudish sort |
Premier Sunday |
26 Oct 2025 |
| Holier-than-thou type |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Oct 2025 |
| Self-righteous person |
Puzzler Backwords |
26 Jul 2025 |
| A pig has the right to appear self-righteous (4) |
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| Prude |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 Jul 2025 |
| Person that is way too proper |
Family Time |
14 Jul 2025 |
| Snobby sort |
New York Times |
12 Jul 2025 |
| One with over-precise morals (4) |
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| Self-righteously correct or moralistic person |
Puzzler Backwords |
25 Jun 2025 |
| He's so sanctimonious, he must change his grip (4) |
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| Break the grip of a conceited person (4) |
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| Moralistic sort |
Wall Street Journal |
31 May 2025 |
| Bluenose Republican in scumbag (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
30 May 2025 |
| Bishop, righteous and a bit puritan |
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| Self-righteously correct or moralistic person (4) |
Puzzler |
31 Mar 2025 |
| Prudish person |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Mar 2025 |
| Self-righteous person |
Puzzler Backwords |
26 Feb 2025 |
| Losing grip of a snob? (4) |
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| Goody-goody |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
07 Feb 2025 |
| Person of over-precise morals |
Puzzler Backwords |
21 Jan 2025 |
| Prude at odds with parking (4) |
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| Overly moral person begins prudish remonstration in German (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
01 Jan 2025 |
| Self-righteous precisian |
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| Overly fussy person |
Newsday |
04 Dec 2024 |
| Overly proper person |
Newsday |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Self-righteous moraliser |
The Times Concise |
15 Nov 2024 |
| Prude |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
29 Oct 2024 |
| One of sharp righteous nature? |
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| A puritan (4) |
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| Puritan |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Oct 2024 |
| Self-righteous person parking oddly |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Oct 2024 |
| Prudish person |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Sep 2024 |
| Uptight person lays right into messy person (4) |
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| Self-righteous person, one who is greedy right to be detained (4) |
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| Head off from shoot with moralistic person (4) |
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| Bluenose |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Aug 2024 |
| Sanctimonious type sparring on a regular basis (4) |
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| Self-righteously moralistic person (4) |
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| Self-righteous and annoying person (4) |
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| Self-righteous person |
Puzzler Backwords |
19 Jun 2024 |
| Too proper one |
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| Bluenose |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 May 2024 |
| Smug type |
Premier Sunday |
26 May 2024 |
| Puritan, perhaps, but less than upright (4) |
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| Self-righteous moralist |
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| Self-righteously correct person |
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| Being a goody-goody, is less than sprightly |
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| Overly moral person (4) |
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| Super-prudish person |
Family Time |
31 Dec 2023 |
| Goody-goody sort |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Pair irritating outwardly puritanical sort (4) |
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| Person of over-precise morals |
Puzzler Backwords |
07 Nov 2023 |
| Self-righteous person |
The Guardian Quick |
02 Nov 2023 |
| Self-righteous person (anagram of "grip") |
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| Strait-laced sort |
New York Times |
02 Aug 2023 |
| Moralist |
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| Milk pinched from upright moralist? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Feb 2023 |
| Unpleasant person |
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| Bluenose |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Apr 2022 |
| Self-righteous individual |
The Guardian Quick |
05 Apr 2022 |
| Stuffed shirt |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Feb 2022 |
| Self-righteously proper sort |
LA Times Daily |
03 Oct 2021 |
| Self-righteously proper sort |
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| Self-righteous killjoy |
Universal |
30 Sep 2021 |
| Fussy snoot |
Family Time |
13 Sep 2021 |
| Prudish person |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Aug 2021 |
| Fussy person |
USA Today |
01 Aug 2021 |
| Hypocrite pitches right into greedy guts |
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| Moralizing sort |
New York Times |
05 Jun 2021 |
| Puritan |
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| Puritan |
LA Times Daily |
14 Mar 2021 |
| Fussbudget |
LA Times Daily |
28 Feb 2021 |
| Fussbudget |
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| Puritan outfit under pressure |
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| Goody two shoes |
Newsday |
24 Dec 2020 |
| Stuffed shirt |
LA Times Daily |
20 Oct 2020 |
| Stuffed shirt |
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| Self-righteous person |
USA Today |
20 Oct 2020 |
| Uptight sort |
New York Times |
05 Oct 2020 |
| Goody-goody |
USA Today |
09 Aug 2020 |
| Self-righteous person parking oddly |
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| Self-righteous person |
The Guardian Speedy |
10 May 2020 |
| Prudishly proper sort |
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| Prudish person |
Family Time |
05 Jan 2020 |
| Bluenose |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Dec 2019 |
| Puritanical person |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Dec 2019 |
| Quiet trick from one who feels no guilt? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
27 Nov 2019 |
| Overly proper sort |
Universal |
05 Nov 2019 |
| Self-righteous sort |
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| Strait-laced sort |
USA Today |
02 Nov 2019 |
| Quietly set up goody-goody |
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| Prudish sort |
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| Moralistic person |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Aug 2019 |
| Uptight person |
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| Moralistic sort |
Universal |
04 Jul 2019 |
| Uptight type |
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| Uptight type |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jun 2019 |
| Smug sort |
Premier Sunday |
05 May 2019 |
| Strait-laced sort |
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| Moralistic person |
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| Self-righteous sort |
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| Overly proper sort |
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| Moralistic sort |
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| Uptight type |
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| Self-righteous person |
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| Self-righteous sort |
USA Today |
20 Nov 2018 |
| Prudish person |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Nov 2018 |
| Fussy sort |
LA Times Daily |
16 Aug 2018 |
| Fussy sort |
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| Fuddy-duddy |
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| Fuddy-duddy |
LA Times Daily |
20 May 2018 |
| Goody Two-shoes |
USA Today |
08 May 2018 |
| Self-righteous person |
The Times Concise |
27 Apr 2018 |
| Tedious moralist |
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| Puritan |
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| Fussy sort |
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| Goody Two-shoes |
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| Sanctimonious sort |
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| Fuddy-duddy |
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| Smug person, greedy one — about right |
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| Fussy person |
Newsday |
01 Oct 2017 |
| Goody-goody |
Universal |
06 Aug 2017 |
| Prudish one |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jul 2017 |
| Mrs Grundy runs animal houses |
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| Puritanical sort |
USA Today |
28 May 2017 |
| Prude, a self-righteous person |
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| Uptight, stuffy sort |
Universal |
29 Apr 2017 |
| Snooty one |
Universal |
19 Apr 2017 |
| Sanctimonious person |
Universal |
24 Mar 2017 |
| Supercilious one |
Universal |
10 Mar 2017 |
| Moralistic type |
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| Goody-goody |
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| Snooty one |
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| Sanctimonious person |
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| Uptight, stuffy sort |
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| Goody-goody |
|
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| Puritanical sort |
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| Supercilious one |
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| Prudish sort |
USA Today |
10 Dec 2016 |
| Libertine's antithesis |
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| Bluenose |
Universal |
13 Sep 2016 |
| Goody-two-shoes |
Universal |
04 Aug 2016 |
| Goody two-shoes |
USA Today |
23 Jul 2016 |
| Old maid's pa's doctor |
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| Unlikely swinger |
New York Times |
13 May 2016 |
| Stuffy sort |
USA Today |
12 May 2016 |
| Prudish sort |
Family Time |
08 May 2016 |
| Prudish sort |
Universal |
12 Apr 2016 |
| Goody two-shoes |
Newsday |
01 Apr 2016 |
| Victorian |
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| Prude |
LA Times Daily |
21 Feb 2016 |
| Uptight sort |
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| Fussy sort |
New York Times |
08 Feb 2016 |
| Stuffy sort |
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| Fussy sort |
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| Bluenose |
|
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| Goody-two-shoes |
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| Goody two-shoes |
|
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| Prudish sort |
|
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| Libertine's antithesis |
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| Stuffed shirt |
The Guardian Speedy |
22 Nov 2015 |
| One on a high horse |
USA Today |
22 Oct 2015 |
| Overly proper one |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Jul 2015 |
| Sanctimonious person repeatedly turning prison sitcom on and off? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Jan 2015 |
| Fussy sort |
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| Stuck-up sort |
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| One on a high horse |
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| Fussy person |
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| Bluenose |
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| Stuffed shirt |
|
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| One on a high horse |
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| Goody two-shoes |
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| Smug moralist |
|
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| Stuffed shirt |
|
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| Uptight sort |
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| Stuffed shirt |
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| Prudish type |
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| Scold |
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| Overly proper one |
|
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| Snobbish highbrow |
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| Self-righteous sort |
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| Mrs. Grundy type |
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| Stuffed shirt |
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| Snobbish highbrow |
|
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| Morally smug person |
|
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| Self-righteous sort |
|
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| Nice Nelly |
|
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| Self-righteous sort |
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| Self-righteous type |
|
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| Kin of 28-Across |
|
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| Morally smug person |
|
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| Self-righteous type |
|
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| Puritan |
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| Fussy sort |
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| Prudish one |
|
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| Uptight type |
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| Stickler |
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| Self-righteous sort |
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| Bluenose |
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| Stuffed shirt |
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| Fuddy-duddy |
|
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| Too-proper type |
|
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| Goody two shoes |
|
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| Arrogant, superior sort |
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| Bluenose |
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| Overly proper type |
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| Tedious moralist |
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| Moralizer |
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| Moralizer |
|
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| Stuck-up one |
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| Goody two-shoes |
|
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| Holier-than-thou type |
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| Goody two-shoes |
|
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| Holier-than-thou type |
|
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| Libertine's opposite |
|
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| Victorian |
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| Fussy sort |
|
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| Irritating snob |
|
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| Stuffed shirt |
|
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| Too-proper type |
|
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| Victorian |
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| Victorian sort |
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| Puritan |
|
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| Self-righteous one |
|
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| Uptight sort |
|
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| Stuck-up elitist |
|
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| Stuffed shirt |
|
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| Victorian |
|
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| Pointlessly precise person |
|
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| Goody-goody |
|
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| Holier-than-thou type |
|
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| Proper sort |
|
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| Goody-goody |
|
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| Snob |
|
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| Moralistic snoot |
|
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| Hardly a libertine |
|
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| Bluenose |
|
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| Victorian sort |
|
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| Victorian |
|
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| Snobbish highbrow |
|
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| Puritan |
|
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| Punctilious one |
|
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| Prude |
|
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| Victorian one |
|
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| Fuddy-duddy |
|
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| Arrogant one |
|
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| Prudish person |
|
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| Libertine's opposite |
|
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| Arrogant sort |
|
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| Hardly a libertine |
|
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| Fussbudget |
|
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| Prude |
|
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| Bluenose |
|
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| Bluenose |
|
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| Libertine's opposite |
|
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| Libertine's opposite |
|
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| Arrogant one |
|
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| Smug one |
|
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| Prudish one |
|
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| Irritating snob |
|
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| Self-righteous one |
|
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| Bluenose |
|
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| "Holier than thou" type |
|
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| Goody-goody |
|
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| Morally smug person |
|
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| Unlikely Playboy Channel watcher |
|
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| Fussbudget |
|
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| Self-righteous sort |
|
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| Coxcomb |
|
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| Bluenose |
|
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| Prude |
|
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| Self-righteous one |
|
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| Goody two shoes |
|
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| Puritan |
|
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| Hardly a libertine |
|
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| Punctilious one |
|
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| Stuffed shirt |
|
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| Punctilious one |
|
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| Stuck-up one |
|
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| Puritanical person |
|
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| Nice Nellie |
|
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| Stuffy chap |
|
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| Smug moralist |
|
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| Pompously proper person |
|
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| Betsey ___ (Dickens character) |
|
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| One annoyingly proper |
|
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| Pompous one |
|
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| Smug type |
|
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| Punctilious one |
|
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| Betsey ___, Dickens character |
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| Overprecise person |
|
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| Precise, proper party pooper |
|
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| Nice Nelly |
|
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| Punctilious person |
|
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| Stuffy one |
|
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| Obnoxiously proper person |
|
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| Prude |
|
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| Prissy person |
|
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| Dickens's Betsey ___ |
|
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| Self-righteous person |
|
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| Overnice one |
|
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| Narrow-minded one |
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| Smug one |
|
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| Stuffy person |
|
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| Cousin of a bluenose. |
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| Smug one. |
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| Strait-laced one. |
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| Stuffy person. |
|
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| Betsey ___, Sairey Gamp's friend. |
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| A very prim person. |
|
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| Vocally virtuous person. |
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| Relative of a stuffed shirt. |
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| Affectedly precise person. |
|
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| Uptight sort |
|
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| Punctilious one. |
|
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| Pompous one. |
|
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| Stuffed shirt. |
|
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| Relative of a Nice Nellie. |
|
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| Prudish one. |
|
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| Cousin of 25 Down. |
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| Fuss-budget's cousin. |
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| Straitlaced one. |
|
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| Punctilious person. |
|
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| Too-precise person. |
|
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| Prunes-and-prismy one. |
|
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| One annoyingly proper. |
|
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| Insufferable moralist. |
|
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| Conceited fop. |
|
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| Smugly proper person. |
|
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| Smug obnoxious one. |
|
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| "Stuffed shirt." |
|
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| Smug person. |
|
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| Prude's sister. |
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| Pedantic person. |
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| Bluenose. |
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| Stiff-laced one |
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| Dandy. |
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| Pedant. |
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| Prudish fellow. |
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| Blue-nose. |
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