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straight shooter

noun

: a person who is very honest

Full Definition of STRAIGHT SHOOTER

:  a thoroughly upright straightforward person
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First Known Use of STRAIGHT SHOOTER

1928

Rhymes with STRAIGHT SHOOTER

accoutre, commuter, computer, confuter, crapshooter, diluter, disputer, freebooter, hip shooter, jump shooter, peashooter, polluter, recruiter, refuter, saluter, sharpshooter, six-shooter, square shooter, trapshooter, two-suiter, uprooter, zoot-suiter

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