"plain dealer" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From plain + dealer, after plain dealing.",
  "forms": [
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        "plural"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:",
          "text": "Ant. Why thou didst conclude hairy men plain dealers without wit.\nS. Dro. The plainer dealer, the sooner lost; yet he looseth it in a kind of iollitie.",
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        {
          "ref": "1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, section VI:",
          "text": "She as often acted the Plain-Dealer with him, and fairly told him [...] that, in Truth, she had nothign but a very Small Spot to which she had any Hereditary Right [...].",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter number or name)”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC:",
          "text": "‘If plain speakers are scarce in this part of the world, I fancy that plain dealers are still scarcer.’",
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      "glosses": [
        "Someone who interacts or does business straightforwardly and honestly."
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          "straightforwardly"
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          "honestly",
          "honestly"
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  "word": "plain dealer"
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{
  "etymology_text": "From plain + dealer, after plain dealing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plain dealers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:",
          "text": "Ant. Why thou didst conclude hairy men plain dealers without wit.\nS. Dro. The plainer dealer, the sooner lost; yet he looseth it in a kind of iollitie.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, section VI:",
          "text": "She as often acted the Plain-Dealer with him, and fairly told him [...] that, in Truth, she had nothign but a very Small Spot to which she had any Hereditary Right [...].",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter number or name)”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC:",
          "text": "‘If plain speakers are scarce in this part of the world, I fancy that plain dealers are still scarcer.’",
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        "Someone who interacts or does business straightforwardly and honestly."
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  "word": "plain dealer"
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