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McCoy|məˈkɔɪ|
In the colloq. phr. the real McCoy (or Mackay, McKie): the ‘genuine article’, the real thing.
Its origin remains uncertain: see, for example, Amer. Speech (1958) XXXIII. 297 f.
1883R. L. Stevenson Lett. to C. Baxter (1956) 123 For society, there isnae sae muckle; but there's myself—the auld Johnstone, ye ken—he's the real Mackay, whatever. 1922Collier's 7 Oct. 26/2 'At's the real McCoy you got there, brother!.. Comes right down from Canada! 1930Amer. Mercury Dec. 456/2 McCoy, genuine liquor. ‘This is McCoy. You can't fake Quebec wrappers.’ 1934M. Allingham Death of Ghost v. 68 There's something very attractive about the real McKie when you meet it. 1935R. C. Woodthorpe Shadow on Downs xii. 298 It looks like the real Mackay. A lovely colour. 1940Penguin New Writing I. 73 ‘You look the real McCoy, now,’ he said. 1942C. Barrett On Wallaby v. 103 It's the real Mackay we've got, Chas.; didn't it spring out of the wall? 1949N. Marsh Swing, Brother, Swing vi. 140 If I could pick my work I'd be in an outfit that went for the real mackay. 1952W. R. Burnett Vanity Row (1953) v. 43 A real gentleman... Not a phony... He was the real McCoy. 1959L. Bernstein Joy of Mus. (1960) 167 The operetta score..was musically elaborate, closer to opera, even containing finales, with everybody singing his way through the plot, vocalizing different sentiments at the same time—the real contrapuntal McCoy. 1972Guardian 17 Feb. 10/3 Sadler's Wells is playing host to the regal offspring Royal Ballet, and not, please note, a second eleven but the real Macoy. |