real McCoy
Example Sentences
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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
Graham Taylor, who started Helix Biotech last year, says labs have shown that their mimics trigger similar immune responses to the real McCoy.
From Science Magazine • May 30, 2023
It’s only in theater that we come to the real McCoy, as it were.
From New York Times • May 16, 2022
Chicken wings — the real McCoy — are the most expensive part of the bird these days, Oosterwijk said.
From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2020
Even though I knew it was useless I tried tugging at the bars but they were the real McCoy, solid steel.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
