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单词 the pure quill
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the pure (also true, genuine, etc.) quill
colloquial (chiefly North American) the pure (also true, genuine, etc.) quill: the genuine article, the real thing.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [noun] > a genuine thing or person
the (real, true, etc.) Simon Pure1776
(the) genuine article1794
(the) clean potato1822
the real McCoy1848
the pure (also true, genuine, etc.) quill1854
to deliver the goods1870
the McCoy1931
straight arrow1969
1854 Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gaz. 21 Aug. Pure liquors–for Medicinal purposes, which are warranted free from all adulterations, and none sold at our establishment but the pure quill.
1884 C. B. Lewis Sawed-off Sketches 23 There's hairs of six different colors sticking in the splinters, and those blood stains are the pure quill.
1917 Dial. Notes 4 327 That tobacco is the pure quill.
1951 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 23 June 6/2 If you want the genuine quill, the true, the real shrunken human head, you have to look long, make connections, and flush out your wallet.
1981 W. Gibson Burning Chrome (1986) 42 ‘It's good,’ said Kihn, polishing his yellow Polaroid shooting glasses on the hem of his Hawaiian shirt, ‘but it's not mental; lacks the true quill.’
1991 L. Niven et al. Fallen Angels 21 Not Fandom. I was reading the true quill long before I knew about Fandom and cons and such.
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