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Definition of Fair-and-square
1. Adjective. Just and honest.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fair-and-square
Literary usage of Fair-and-square
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lords of Industry by Henry Demarest Lloyd (1910)
"Still, they believe in fair and square competition, they being the judges of "fair
and square." They compete in building lines to new collieries. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Fair and square (common), honest, honesty. She beat him fair and square in a two
miles and a quarter gallop.—Bird o Freedom. ..."
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