Usually means: Clear, straightforward, without ambiguity.
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  1. cut-and-dry: Merriam-Webster
  2. cut-and-dry: Vocabulary.com
  3. cut-and-dry, cut and dry: Dictionary.com
  4. cut-and-dry: Rhymezone
  5. cut-and-dry, cut and dry: MyWord.info
  6. Cut and Dry: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  7. cut-and-dry: FreeDictionary.org
  8. cut-and-dry: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. cut-and-dry: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. cut and dry: Wiktionary

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adjective:  (less common) Alternative form of cut and dried [Simple, straightforward, clear, or certain.]

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