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Definition of Square one
1. Noun. The situation in which you begin an endeavor and to which you return if your efforts fail. "She has tried to diet but always ends up back at square one"
Definition of Square one
1. Noun. (idiomatic) the place where one begins; a lack of progress ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Square One
Literary usage of Square one
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"... above that, arid not exceeding sixteen by twenty- four inches square, one and
seven eighths cents per pound' above that, and not exceeding twenty-four ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1891)
"Unpolished cylinder, crown, and common window glass, not exceeding ton by fifteen
inches square, one and three eighth ci'nt per pound; above that, ..."
3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1864)
"... inches square, one cent and a half per pound ; above that and not exceeding .
... and not exceeding sixteen by twenty- four inches square, one cent per ..."
4. Scribners Monthly by Charles William Wason (1878)
"Now the square one," responded the boy, at the same time laying hold of the
circular block. ... That's the square one." " That's the square one," he cried ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1839)
"The complainant filed his bill, stating that, as devisee of James Walker, he
claims the fee in lot numbered six, in square one hundred and six, ..."
6. The Southern Business Directory and General Commercial Advertiser by John Paul Campbell (1854)
"Terms of Advertising:—One square, one insertion, 50 cents; one squ;iro, three
insertions, $1; one square, one week, $1 75; one square one month, $4 50; ..."
7. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1846)
"One tract at the village of Na-to-wa-se-pe, of four miles square. One tract at
the village of Match-e-be-narh-she-wish, at the head of the ..."
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