stiff-upper-lipped

adj

adj

Etymology From stiff upper lip + -ed.

Idiomatic Possessing a stiff upper lip; stoic.

His stiff-as-a-board tranditionally ^([sic]) masculine good looks and constrained, stiff-upper lipped portrayal of Ed was a wonderful contrast to Fierstein's androgonous ^([sic]), physically mobile Arnold.1981 December 12, Andrea F. Loewenstein, “Gay Theatre Verité”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 10:

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