Meaning of in the straw | Babel Free

Definitions

Confined to bed because of pregnancy.

archaic, idiomatic, slang

Examples

“Excuse the blots and scrawl of this letter. I am writing in an astonishing hurry and my secretary is so much engaged in copying public, that he has no time to devote to private letters—and my female secretary is at present in the straw with a young gentleman who sends his compliments to you.”

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