eng: buckram

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Meaning
means(noun) a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
buckram
means(verb) stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt"
buckram
means(adjective) rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"
buckram, stiff, starchy

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