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adverb
Aboveboard  adv.  Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Note: This expression is said by Johnson to have been borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their cards, put their hands under the table.






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"Aboveboard" Quotes from Famous Books



... Kenneth, flushing and laughing at the same moment, "to say truth, I am not used to pump, as you may see, nor to be otherwise than fair and aboveboard, as I hope you will believe; but the fact is that a very curious thing has occurred at our house, and I am puzzled as well as suspicious, ...
— Shifting Winds - A Tough Yarn • R.M. Ballantyne

... coming to that. You see, the first thing was to get that letter-box opened and examine those envelopes. I got several of the gentlemen to act as a sort of a committee, so as nobody could kick on the ground that everything wasn't done open and aboveboard." ...
— Nobody • Louis Joseph Vance



Words linked to "Aboveboard" :   dishonestly, square, straightforward



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