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- adjective idiomatic
Real ;genuine .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used informally especially for emphasis)
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Examples
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Al-Marri was an honest-to-goodness Al Qaeda sleeper agent masquerading as an exchange student.
David Rittgers: Domestic Military Detention Isn't Necessary David Rittgers 2011
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Setting aside Paul for a moment, real, honest-to-goodness libertarians are awfully thin on the ground.
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This may sound like a small thing, but as an aspiring writer, reading an honest-to-goodness published writer's work, giving feedback, and even highlighting flaws, proved to be an astonishing gesture.
This Redneck’s Got Honest Voice Murray Dunlap 2011
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Since there are so few mecha titles getting mentioned, I'll nominate Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988), if for no other reason than that Gundam is about the only sf show to feature honest-to-goodness O'Neill cylinders.
MIND MELD: Anime Film Favorites (+ The Top 14 Anime Films of All Time!) 2010
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Well, suppose human beings had real, honest-to-goodness free will.
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You will find everything from honest-to-goodness illuminated manuscripts from the depths of the Middle Ages to 1950s church-design manuals.
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Beyond this section, the cavern narrowed a bit and descended to a lower chamber and a crescent-shaped pool of greenish water, an honest-to-goodness underground lake.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
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Brown, a captivating and mysterious Midwesterner whose intimate slices of life are as heart-achingly beautiful as she is, will begrudgingly let listeners step into her secret hiding place filled with honest-to-goodness words and music about the human condition.
Michael Bialas: Why Pieta Brown Digs the Music of Dylan, Dire Straits and her Dad Michael Bialas 2011
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My husband and I announced we were installing an honest-to-goodness in-ground pool complete with a deep end and a diving board.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011
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Well, suppose human beings had real, honest-to-goodness free will.
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