plain dealing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of plain dealing
First recorded in 1560–70
Example Sentences
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John Lewis is one of Britain's stronger retail chains and has a reputation for plain dealing.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2019
Mann offered to tattoo the words on Diamond's knuckles – at which point, Diamond said: "Honesty, integrity, and plain dealing are the way I have behaved through out my entire career."
From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2012
For many years they were run on Quaker principles, which emphasised social justice, integrity, simplicity, plain dealing and thrift: 'my yea is my yea and my nay is my nay.'
From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2012
In his victory speech in Boston, he quoted Ralph Waldo Emerson to explain his political appeal: "Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing."
From Time Magazine Archive
They were friends to truth and plain dealing, and detested flattery and servile compliance.
From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton
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