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honest-to-goodness

[on-ist-tuh-good-nis] / ˈɒn ɪst təˈgʊd nɪs /


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I’d never thought to ask about the actual passage of time when you were on a real honest-to-goodness Glitch.

From Literature

It was a monkey—an honest-to-goodness live monkey.

From Literature

It sells a slim control bar that magnetically snaps to the bottom of the screen, giving you honest-to-goodness physical buttons for music and climate control.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her last opponent, Bill himself, pitches a private beach sword fight at sunrise “like a couple real-life honest-to-goodness samurais.”

From Los Angeles Times

By the early 1970s, the couple dropped out of San Jose State University to make a run at an honest-to-goodness musical career.

From Salon