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square shooter en · NOUN
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(idiomatic) A person who is fair, trustworthy, or forthright; a person who bargains or transacts business in a fair, honest manner.
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.
1929 January 7, Manning Vaughn, “Putting 'em on the pan”, in Milwuakee Journal, retrieved 03 Sep 2012, page 5:"I suppose it's because I have credibility as someone with integrity and as a square shooter."
1992 July 6, Walter Shapiro, “Spelling Out The Job Specs”, in Time:He'd always been aboveboard, a square shooter from start to finish.
2000, Matt Braun, Kinch Riley, reprint edition, Macmillan, published 2007, →ISBN, page 16:
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Relateds
square deal
Synonyms
straight shooter