He had been a lover of the good, old, plainspoken stamp, about whom there had been no mistake.
"The Claverings"
Anthony Trollope
Wilfrid was pierced with laughter; and then the plainspoken simile gave him a chilling sensation while he was rising to the jealous pitch.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
She could not blurt out to Alec's mother the contents of that exceedingly plainspoken epistle now reposing in her pocket.
"A Son of the Immortals"
Louis Tracy