单词 | plain dealing |
释义 | plain dealingn. 1. Openness and sincerity of conduct; honesty, candour, straightforwardness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun] > frankness, straightforwardness plainness1465 plain dealinga1529 freeness1548 roundness1557 ingenuity1614 apertness1618 downrightness1628 unconspiringness1661 frankness1668 even downa1679 undisguise1804 forthcomingness1808 undisguisedness1814 overtness1865 forthrightness1873 a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Ci Playne delynge and I can neuer agre. 1568 G. Turberville tr. D. Mancinus Plaine Path to Perfect Vertue l. 1110 Nor lesse he liue vprightly, and plaine dealing vse, he can Not gaine the name of Fortitude, or of a noble man. a1605 in R. Bannatyne Jrnl. Trans. in Scotl. (1806) 345 Lat no gude meanis be omitted..but a plane dealing vsit. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 214 Tim. How dost thou like this Iewell, Apemantus? Ape. Not so well as plain-dealing, which wil not cast a man a Doit. View more context for this quotation 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Acts xxiv. 12) It falls out often, that plain-dealing puts craft out of countenance. 1699 E. Ward London Spy I. iii. 15 Out-witting one another, as if Plain-dealing was a Crime, and Cozenage a Vertue. a1722 J. Toland Coll. Several Pieces (1726) II. 227 This I take to be plain-dealing, as I take honesty to be the best policy. 1755 D. Garrick Let. 26 June (1963) I. 221 Your Lordship loves plain Dealing & therefore this is ye plain truth. 1779 S. Crisp Let. 29 Aug. in F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) 351 My plain-dealing (after the most earnest solicitations..& protestation) irrecoverably lost me Garrick. 1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 24 Aug. 3/5 The Subscriber has hitherto conducted his establishment upon the sober principles of plain dealing and common honesty, and upon these he respectfully solicits the public to test his pretensions. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vii. 120 They are blunt in saying what they think,..and they require plain dealing of others. 1920 Amer. Hist. Rev. 25 510 The Quaker principles of political and religious liberty, of plain dealing, of service to society..have become essential items in the American programme of ideals. 2003 Daily Mail (Nexis) 14 Oct. 4 The..Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards is known for his integrity and plain dealing. 2. A card game. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > others laugh and lie down1522 mack1548 decoyc1555 pinionc1557 to beat the knave out of doors1570 imperial1577 prima vista1587 loadum1591 flush1598 prime1598 thirty-perforce1599 gresco1605 hole1621 my sow's pigged1621 slam1621 fox-mine-host1622 whipperginnie1622 crimpa1637 hundred1636 pinache1641 sequence1653 lady's hole1658 quebas1668 art of memory1674 costly colours1674 penneech1674 plain dealing1674 wit and reason1680 comet1685 lansquenet1687 incertain1689 macham1689 uptails1694 quinze1714 hoc1730 commerce1732 matrimonya1743 tredrille1764 Tom come tickle me1769 tresette1785 snitch'ems1798 tontine1798 blind hazard1816 all fives1838 short cards1845 blind hookey1852 sixty-six1857 skin the lamb1864 brisque1870 handicap1870 manille1874 forty-five1875 slobberhannes1877 fifteen1884 Black Maria1885 slapjack1887 seven-and-a-half1895 pit1904 Russian Bank1915 red dog1919 fan-tan1923 Pelmanism1923 Slippery Sam1923 go fish1933 Russian Banker1937 racing demon1938 pit-a-pat1947 scopa1965 1674 C. Cotton 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. 1932 E. Sitwell Bath 101 There were many other games besides these: Cribbage,..Plain Dealing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1529 |
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