real mccoy

English - Turkish

Definition of real mccoy in English Turkish dictionary

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the real mccoy

gerçek

the real McCoy

orijinal, gerçek

the real McCoy

hakikisi

English - English

Definition of real mccoy in English English dictionary

The genuine thing, neither a substitute nor an imitation

informal usage attributing authenticity

Related Terms

the real McCoy

(Slang) real or genuine person or thing; the real thing (not a substitute)

Hyphenation

re·al Mc·Coy

Turkish pronunciation

ril mıkoy

Synonyms

genuine article, goods, gospel, mccoy, no imitation, no joke, real thing, very thing

Pronunciation

/ˈrēl məˈkoi/ /ˈriːl məˈkɔɪ/

Etymology

() Corruption of Scots the real MacKay, this latter attested in 1846 in the Niles National Register pertaining to a parliamentary bill.. How “MacKay” became “McCoy” is unclear; first attested with this spelling in Canada in 1881. In James S. Bond's The Rise and Fall of the "Union club": or, Boy life in Canada, a character utters, "By jingo! yes; so it will be It's the 'real McCoy,' as Jim Hicks says. Nobody but a devil can find us there."Bond, James S. . Yorkville, Ontario. p. 1 The term is the subject of many folk etymologies, discussed at the Wikipedia entry.