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square shooter

noun

, Informal.
  1. an honest, fair person.


square shooter

noun

  1. informal.
    an honest or frank person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • square shooting, noun
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Other Words From

  • square shooting noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of square shooter1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences

First, Bush was and is a square shooter and no one doubts his respect for members of the U.S. military.

From US News

Yeah, he was a square shooter I want to say and some day I’m hopin’ me’n Oscar c’n shake hands, since the war’s long past an’ German is being taught again in our public schools.”

"The colored people of the country have a high regard for you, Mr. Secretary, as a square shooter," Lewis concluded.

He's a square shooter, a good worker, and his sheep and your cattle are too few to awaken the old-time cattle and sheep wars.

"I dunno about Arizona, but Sinclair, they say, is a square shooter."

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