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aboveboard (adj.)
[aboveboard 词源字典]
1610s, from
above
and
board
(n.1). "A figurative expression borrowed from gamesters, who, when they put their hands under the table, are changing their cards." [Johnson]
[aboveboard etymology, aboveboard origin, 英语词源]