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Mrs. Grundy

Mrs. Grun·dy [ mìssiz grúndee ] (plural Mrs. Grun·dys)


noun 
Definition:
 
conventional person: an extremely conventional or rigid person, especially somebody who is prescriptive about grammatical rules

[Late 18th century. After a character in the play Speed the Plough, by Thomas Morton (1764-1838)]
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