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square-shooter

square-shooter is the alternative form of square shooter.

Meaning of square shooter

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.
    • 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

Forms of square-shooter

pluralsquare-shooters

Questions about square-shooter

What is square-shooter the alternative form of?
Square-shooter is the alternative form of square shooter.

Words near square-shooter in the dictionary

  1. square-pushing
  2. square-rigged
  3. square-rigger
  4. square-riggers
  5. square-sail
  6. square-shooter
  7. square-shooters
  8. square-toed
  9. square-up
  10. square-ups
  11. squared

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