stiff-lipped

stiff-lipped
stiff-lipped «STIHF LIHPT», adjective.
showing no emotion; reserved; stoical: »

This [ceremony] was conducted in a drenching rain in the presence of 1,100 stiff-lipped British soldiers standing wetly to attention (Time).


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