square shooter

See also: square-shooter

English

Alternative forms

• square-shooter

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Noun

square shooter (plural square shooters)

1. (idiomatic) A person who is fair, trustworthy, or forthright; a person who bargains or transacts business in a fair, honest manner.
   • 1929 January 7, Manning Vaughn, “Putting 'em on the pan”, in Milwuakee Journal, retrieved 3 September 2012, page 5:

     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, “Spelling Out The Job Specs”, in Time:

     "I suppose it's because I have credibility as someone with integrity and as a square shooter."

   • 2000, Matt Braun, Kinch Riley, reprint edition, Macmillan, published 2007, →ISBN, page 16:

     He'd always been aboveboard, a square shooter from start to finish.

Synonyms

• straight shooter

Related terms

• square deal

References

• “square shooter”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.