the real McCoynoun [ S ]
uk/ˌrɪəl məˈkɔɪ/us/ˌriː.əl məˈkɔɪ/the original or best example of something:
The caviar was the real McCoy too - not the stuff we buy in the supermarket at home.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reality and truth
- a slice of life idiom
- actuality
- apothegm
- authenticity
- fact
- gospel
- home truth
- immediacy
- McCoy
- practice
- reality
- slice
- the genuine article idiom
- the real thing 1
- the real world 2
- truism
- truth will out idiom
- veracity
- verisimilitude
- verity
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