Meaning of "Lacy"

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Etymology of racy

Researching racy I found an old saying “racy of the soil” which led me to this (the source) and this (discussion of the saying)

Given that workmanship behind the making of lace and that race can denote someone “of the earth” (or someone who is of the class that would work the earth so I took that to mean working class) and that lace can mean “noose, string, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus, noose; probably akin to lacere, to entice, ensnare.”

I am wondering if this was Regina’s way of snubbing Belle and Rumplestiltskin.

The whole “racy lacey” was a means of Regina saying that Belle was an ensnarer who used her feminine wiles to have Rumple fall in love with her and carried that over into our world. Instead of Belle using her goodness and innocence (though I wonder if Regina thought it an act?) she uses cunning, and scheming to get what she wants. Then there’s her belief that Belle was nothing more than a country lass which to her is why she fell prey to Rumple and his sob story.

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