cut and dried

[Bagheera]

Please help me with the idiom:
History is seldom cut and dried

The dictionary says it is decided and settled, but it isn't provided with examples.

What else can be cut & dried? Can a person be cut and dried? If yes, under what circumstance one can be cut and dried?

Thank you in advance
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[Mordant]

It also means "routine."

Did anything happen at the meeting? No, it was pretty cut-and-dried.

A person cannot be cut-and-dried.

[Bagheera]

Does it mean the meeting 'went smooth', I mean without problems?
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[Mordant]

[Bagheera]

THANKS A LOT!!!
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