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ˈplain ˈdealing, plain-ˈdealing, n.
[f. plain a.1 + dealing vbl. n.: cf. double-dealing.]
1. Openness and sincerity of conduct; absence of subterfuge; candour, straightforwardness.
1573New Custom i. ii. in Hazl. Dodsley III. 14 For then plain-dealing bare away the prize. 1647Trapp Comm. Acts xxiv. 12 It falls out often, that plain-dealing puts craft out of countenance. 1709Steele Tatler No. 73 ⁋10, I take you to be a Lover of Ingenuity and Plain-Dealing. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Truth Wks. (Bohn) II. 52 They are blunt in saying what they think,..and they require plain dealing of others.
†2. Name of a card-game. Obs.
1674Cotton Compl. Gamester xix. 142 A Game called Plain-Dealing. He that deals hath the advantage of this Game; for if he turn up the Ace of Diamonds he cannot lose..then are the Cards plaid as at Whist. 1816Singer Hist. Cards 345. |