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Definition of Straight-from-the-shoulder

1. Adjective. Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion. "A point-blank accusation"

Definition of Straight-from-the-shoulder

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of straight from the shoulder) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Straight-from-the-shoulder

Literary usage of Straight-from-the-shoulder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. It is Never Too Late to Mend: A Matter-of-fact Romance by Charles Reade (1869)
"No ! give me a chap that hits out straight from the shoulder. Can't you see this is worth a hundred Joneses beating abont the bush and droning us all asleep ..."

2. What American Editors Said about the Ten Million Dollar Libel Suit by Thomson Gale (Firm) (1921)
"... in the United States," and in "hitting straight from the shoulder" in an unequivocal defense of that traditional American right, the Great Falls (Mont. ..."

3. Clothing for Women; Selection, Design, Construction: A Practical Manual for by Laura Irene Baldt (1916)
"This line carries straight from the shoulder to the muscle in the front of the arm where its joins the body. Care must be taken not to make this line curve. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The horse should strike out straight from the shoulder in front, the whole leg straightening at the instant the hoof touches the ground, the hoof striking ..."

5. Archaic Corinthian Pottery and the Anaploga Well by Darrell Arlynn Amyx, Patricia Lawrence (1975)
"The strap handle is truly flat; it rises straight from the shoulder, quite high above the lip. The neck is much taller than before and nearly straight; ..."

6. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"And now I am going to talk to you men straight from the shoulder. You have been helped by the government, by your farmer organizations, and your work made ..."

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