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aboveboard
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Word definitions for aboveboard in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, from above and board (n.1). "A figurative expression borrowed from gamesters, who, when they put their hands under the table, are changing their cards." [Johnson]
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (alternate form of above-board English)
Usage examples of aboveboard.
The only problem being, of course, that whenever you ran an operation that was not aboveboard there was a certain risk of it backfiring into a worse situation than it had been before.
An awful lot of makebelieve went on about that sort of thing involving a lifelong slur with the usual splash page of gutterpress about the same old matrimonial tangle alleging misconduct with professional golfer or the newest stage favourite instead of being honest and aboveboard about the whole business.
And if the documentation the suppliers had produced was to be believed, they were all strictly sanitary and aboveboard.
Remember that he went public and was aboveboard until a dozen or so years ago.
He claims his relationship with Allison was strictly aboveboard, but all signs point to an affair.