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real McCoy



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Banknotes were merely promises to pay money, i.e., credit, not the monetary real McCoy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

It’s only in theater that we come to the real McCoy, as it were.

From New York Times • May 16, 2022

The artificial fingertip was not quite as sensitive as the real McCoy, however.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 5, 2022

Chicken wings — the real McCoy — are the most expensive part of the bird these days, Oosterwijk said.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2020

The man had character and spunk and Bloom had considered him an attractive original, had always known he was the real McCoy.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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