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Meantolearn Posted 19 years ago
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be on the level

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12br 12br 10Thanks,12br 12br 12blockquote 11b 01font 00In carpentry, 'level', 'even' and 'true' all mean the same thing. 02font 02b 00 0-

— Philip

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00ON THE LEVEL (ON THE SQUARE) -- From "Heavens to Betsy" by Charles Earle Funk (Harper & Row, New York, 1955): "In all sincerity, honesty, or truth; on the up and up; the real McCoy. Both of these expressions were taken from the ritual of Freemasonry and bot
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