real mccoy

Английский Язык - Турецкий язык

Определение real mccoy в Английский Язык Турецкий язык словарь

Связанные Термины

the real mccoy

gerçek

the real McCoy

orijinal, gerçek

the real McCoy

hakikisi

Английский Язык - Английский Язык

Определение real mccoy в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

The genuine thing, neither a substitute nor an imitation

informal usage attributing authenticity

Связанные Термины

the real McCoy

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

Расстановка переносов

re·al Mc·Coy

Турецкое произношение

ril mıkoy

Синонимы

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

Произношение

/ˈrēl məˈkoi/ /ˈriːl məˈkɔɪ/

Этимология

() 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.