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straight-from-the-shoulder

straight-from-the-shoulder is the alternative spelling of straight from the shoulder.

Meaning of straight from the shoulder

Adjective

straight from the shoulder

  1. (idiomatic, often hyphenated) Done in a direct manner; blunt.
    • He delivered his blow straight from the shoulder, felt the jar right up his arm, and realised suddenly that he was striking something passive and unresisting.1896, Joseph Conrad, chapter IV, in An Outcast of the Islands, London: T. Fisher Unwin […], →OCLC, part IV, page 276

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What is straight-from-the-shoulder the alternative spelling of?
Straight-from-the-shoulder is the alternative spelling of straight from the shoulder.

Words near straight-from-the-shoulder in the dictionary

  1. straight-eights
  2. straight-face test
  3. straight-face tests
  4. straight-faced
  5. straight-forward
  6. straight-from-the-shoulder
  7. straight-hearted
  8. straight-jacket
  9. straight-joint
  10. straight-laced
  11. straight-out

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