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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aboveboard \A*bove"board`\, adv
Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without
trick, concealment, or deception. ``Fair and aboveboard.''
--Burke.
Note: This expression is said by Johnson to have been
borrowed from gamesters, who when they change their
cards, put their hands under the table.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
aboveboard
adj : without concealment or deception; honest; "their business
was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his
business affairs" [syn: {straightforward}]
adv : in an honest manner; "in he can't get it honestly, he is
willing to steal it"; "was known for dealing aboveboard
in everything" [syn: {honestly}] [ant: {dishonestly}]
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