LACE-CURTAIN


Meaning of LACE-CURTAIN in English

/lays"kerr'tn/ , adj. Sometimes Offensive.

characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class: Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace-curtain Irish family in Boston.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .