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单词 plain dealing
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plain dealingn.

Brit. /ˌpleɪn ˈdiːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌpleɪn ˈdilɪŋ/
Forms: see plain adj.2 and dealing n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plain adj.2, dealing n.
Etymology: < plain adj.2 + dealing n. Compare double-dealing n.
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).
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