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Real McCoy.
Something that's the real McCoy is the genuine article, not a fake.
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real McCoy
noun
The genuine thing, neither a substitute nor an imitation.
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THE REAL McCOY, by Darin Strauss.
In short, he was the real McCoy.
"That's the real McCoy," he said.
As Tilda Swinton says, "She's the real McCoy".
I knew right away that she was the real McCoy.
Was it a poor imitation or was it the real McCoy.
It's just like Disney's Magic Kingdom, but this is the real McCoy.
He was, they liked to say, the real McCoy.' " KEVIN QUINN STUEBE New York.
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But to confirm that endomorphins are the real McCoy--the long-sought -receptor proteins--researchers must still pinpoint their exact location in the brain and how they function.
Never one to settle for relative value, Boland has demanded the real McCoy genuine, old-fashioned cigar butts.
Plus, you can trust them to sell you the 'real McCoy.' It's well-made clothing that lasts, all in the tradition of WASPy frugality".
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