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Honest-to-goodness   /ˈɑnəst-tu-gˈʊdnəs/   Listen
Honest-to-goodness

adjective
1.
(used informally especially for emphasis).  Synonyms: honest-to-god, old, sure-enough.  "Had us a high old time" , "Went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel"





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"Honest-to-goodness" Quotes from Famous Books



... his delegation ahead of him from the room, both hands upraised, fingers and thumbs snapping loud cracks as if he were urging his horses up Burkett Hill with snapping whip. The men went tramping down the outside stairs, bellowing the first honest-to-goodness laughter that Egypt had heard for ...
— When Egypt Went Broke • Holman Day


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