square shooter
Noun
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Noun
square shooter (plural square shooters)
- (idiomatic) A person who is fair, trustworthy, or forthright; a person who bargains or transacts business in a fair, honest manner.
- 1929 Jan. 7, Manning Vaughn, "[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fe9QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KiIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6706,1226591&dq=square-shooter+-polaroid+-camera&hl=en Putting 'em on the pan]," Milwuakee Journal, p. 5 (retrieved 3 Sep 2012):
- For years he was in a position where a bribe, the turn of a crooked deal, a "queer" fight decision might mean thousands to him. But he was ever the square shooter. The crooked finger of scandal was never pointed his way.
- 1992 July 6, Walter Shapiro, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,975946,00.html Spelling Out The Job Specs]," Time:
- "I suppose it's because I have credibility as someone with integrity and as a square shooter."
- 2000, Matt Braun, Kinch Riley (2007 Macmillan reprint edition), ISBN 9780312948535, [http://books.google.ca/books?id=PrUHqAh-R6QC&pg=RA1-PA16&lpg=RA1-PA16&dq=%22square+shooter%22+subject:%22fiction%22&source=bl&ots=_ZMslRrm7v&sig=sQk_Ir9pRs3DbpDs0e6rFgUYVrU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wD1EUOiTC8nTyAHTvYDoAg&ved=0CF8Q6AEwCDgU#v=onepage&q=%22square%20shooter%22%20subject%3A%22fiction%22&f=false p. 16 (Google preview)]:
- He'd always been aboveboard, a square shooter from start to finish.
- 1929 Jan. 7, Manning Vaughn, "[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fe9QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KiIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6706,1226591&dq=square-shooter+-polaroid+-camera&hl=en Putting 'em on the pan]," Milwuakee Journal, p. 5 (retrieved 3 Sep 2012):
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