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Kidding on the square
To "kid on the square" is to be joking, but at the same time really mean it. In this context, the square means "genuine" or "true" in the same sense as fair and square and square deal and three square meals, with an origin in carpentry, where a square is a tool used to ensure that objects are perpendicular to one another.
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