square shooter

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nounInformal.
  1. an honest, fair person.

Origin of square shooter

1
First recorded in 1915–20

Other words from square shooter

  • square shooting, noun

Words Nearby square shooter

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How to use square shooter in a sentence

  • "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.

    David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney

British Dictionary definitions for square shooter

square shooter

noun
  1. informal, mainly US an honest or frank person

Derived forms of square shooter

  • square shooting, noun

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