"pearl-clutching" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-pearl-clutching.ogg Forms: more pearl-clutching [comparative], most pearl-clutching [superlative]
Etymology: From the image of a genteel woman clutching her pearl necklace in shock. Head templates: {{en-adj|head=pearl-clutching}} pearl-clutching (comparative more pearl-clutching, superlative most pearl-clutching)
  1. (idiomatic, derogatory) Prim, prudish, or easily offended. Tags: derogatory, idiomatic Synonyms: pearl-clutchy Related terms: pearl-clutcher, clutch one's pearls
    Sense id: en-pearl-clutching-en-adj-r79J17~I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2007, Amanda Marcotte, It's a Jungle Out There: The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable Environments, Seal Press, →ISBN, page 141:",
          "text": "When John Kerry “outed” Mary Cheney in a 2004 presidential debate, it was already well known that Mary Cheney was a lesbian. You can't out the already out, no matter what pearl-clutching pundits would have you believe.",
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