| 单词 | square-shooter |
| 释义 | > as lemmassquare-shooter square-shooter n. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.) an honest, dependable, sound person. ΚΠ 1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 79 Square-shooter,..a dependable person; a reliable, compact-keeping person. 1928 S. Lewis Man who knew Coolidge i. 51 There's a man that it's a pleasure to do business with, a square-shooter if ever there was one. 1937 W. Lewis Blasting & Bombardiering i. vi. 63 My friend..was somehow treacherous and not at all the good sport and ‘square-shooter’ I had supposed him to be. 1962 E. Lucia Klondike Kate ii. 24 Kitty was looked upon as a ‘square shooter’ in the rough give-and-take game of the Dawson gambling joints. < as lemmas |
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