Buckram

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[n] a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
[adj] rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"
[v] stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt"

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formal, starchy, stiff

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