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  • I told him I was bound to go further West, that his heart had run away with his head, and he yielded at last, but insisted that the offer was a 'squar' one and would last always if I ever came back.

    The Wedge of Gold C. C. Goodwin

  • One o 'the Beaupoint boys went an' lived on the Calvern place, an 'worked it, -- worked it fair an' squar ', an' put aside every cent that come out o 'the farm.

    The Boy With the U.S. Census Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

  • "Look hyar -- she tol 'me fair an' squar 'that you-uns warn't revernues, but I dunno how she could tell."

    Frank Merriwell Down South Burt L. Standish 1905

  • Now we mean ter have this fair an 'squar', an 'I call on ev'ry man present ter watch out an' see that it is.

    Frank Merriwell Down South Burt L. Standish 1905

  • "He done you fa'r an 'squar', an 'it's no us' ter squawk."

    Frank Merriwell Down South Burt L. Standish 1905

  • "It seems ter be fair an 'squar' in ther direction of ther Silver Palace."

    Frank Merriwell Down South Burt L. Standish 1905

  • He once more expressed his conviction that the lads were "squar," and it was his belief that he could thus convince Jack Long.

    Frank Merriwell's Bravery Burt L. Standish 1905

  • Yesterday I seed a rabbit settin 'squar' in the trail.

    The Covered Wagon Emerson Hough 1890

  • These gyards, comin 'squar' down to cases, ain't no improvement, moral, on

    Wolfville Nights Alfred Henry Lewis 1885

  • Cherokee bein 'squar' himse'f ain't over-prone to expect a devious play in others.

    Wolfville Nights Alfred Henry Lewis 1885

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  • Squar: Found in a poem as a form of address to a respected visitor. Dialect for "Squire?"

    August 18, 2017

  • Plausible.

    August 18, 2017