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单词 the real mccoy
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the real McCoy
1. the real McCoy: the genuine article, the real thing.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [noun] > a genuine thing or person
the (real, true, etc.) Simon Pure1776
(the) genuine article1794
(the) clean potato1822
the real McCoy1848
the pure (also true, genuine, etc.) quill1854
to deliver the goods1870
the McCoy1931
straight arrow1969
1848 Arbroath Guide 12 Feb. 667/3 The hat was shining and glossy..and though some doubts were at first entertained as to its being the real Mackay, the lining having been recognised, all seemed right, the hat was accepted of, the shilling paid, when Quin..disappeared.
1856 Deil's Hallowe'en 25 A drappie o' the real M'Kay.
1865 Otago Witness (Dunedin, N.Z.) 20 May 5 The ceremony being concluded, Bacchus was worshipped to a most satisfactory extent—the supply of ‘the real MacKay’ being unlimited—capital in quality, and accompanied with tempting viands.
1881 J. S. Bond Rise & Fall ‘Union Club’ ii. 1 By jingo! yes; so it will be. It's the ‘real McCoy’, as Jim Hicks says. Nobody but a devil can find us there.
1883 R. 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.
1898 W. Lloyd Houses of Glass xvi.104 No bank barn business, but the real McCoy, with all the fixings, music and all.
1913 Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily Times 14 Jan. 2/3 (advt.) Hall's Pool and Billiard Tables look, and are, the real macoy.
1916 San Francisco Call & Post 14 Jan. 14/1 I heard the boss say that you dolled up and looked like the real McCoy—well a fellow with a nice shape like you couldn't help but look great.
1922 Collier's 7 Oct. 26/2 'At's the real McCoy you got there, brother!.. Comes right down from Canada!
1934 M. Allingham Death of Ghost v. 68 There's something very attractive about the real McKie when you meet it.
1949 N. Marsh Swing, Brother, Swing vi. 140 If I could pick my work I'd be in an outfit that went for the real mackay.
1952 W. R. Burnett Vanity Row (1953) v. 43 A real gentleman... Not a phony... He was the real McCoy.
1972 Guardian 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.
1993 Pop. Sci. June 106/2 For example, a foreign power could build Scuds that release dozens of decoys that look exactly like the real McCoy.
2010 S. Kotler Small Furry Prayer xxix. 155 This is an air raid, take cover, this is the real McCoy.
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