Definition of "straitjackets" []

• Plural form of straitjacket. (noun)

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• "Maniacs are placed in straitjackets, not straight-jackets."
• "He wore a white T-shirt showing Van Halen in straitjackets; a black cotton vest; black Converse tennies; a leather friendship bracelet on one wrist and a large black leather watch on the other wrist."
• "I have no idea if the straitjackets were the same as the ones used on those Houdini called "the murderous insane," but they probably were, just as the chains and locks used by the police to bind him in response to his taunts were probably unmodified."