the real McCoy

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the real McCoy

the real thing and not a copy or something similar

Usage notes: Kid McCoy, an American boxer (= a man who fights as a sport), was called 'the real McCoy' to show that he was not another boxer who had the same name.

Cheap sparkling wines cannot be labelled 'champagne'. It has to be the real McCoy.

See also: McCoy, real

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