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Straight shooter

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is honest and forthright. idiomatic

    "The image he projects seems at home here in Iowa: the straight-shooter, the truth-teller, the unadorned Kansan from the prairie."

  2. 2
    a frank and honest person wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who is blunt, sometimes to the point of being harsh or offensive. idiomatic

    "A 1934 journalism graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Fleming, who has a reputation as an abrasive straight shooter, was a newspaper and magazine correspondent before joining ABC in 1957."

  4. 4
    A type of pipe used for smoking cocaine. informal

    "This homemade crack tool was known as a straight shooter, which sped up the effects of smoking rock cocaine allowing it to reach the lungs faster."

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