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Definition of Honest-to-goodness
1. Adjective. (used informally especially for emphasis). "Went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel"
Definition of Honest-to-goodness
1. Adjective. (idiomatic) Real; genuine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Honest-to-goodness
Literary usage of Honest-to-goodness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Einstein's Theories of Relativity and Gravitation: A Selection of Material by James Malcolm Bird, Albert Einstein (1921)
"There isn'ta true, honest-to-goodness geometrical plane in existence any more
than there is an honest-to- goodness spherical surface: so on intrinsic ..."
2. The Boy Scouts' Year Book by Boy Scouts of America (1922)
"... honest-to-goodness American boys love a camp. Why, bless your soul, every one
of them in his inmost heart regrets that he did not live away back in the ..."
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