honest-to-god

[on-ist-tuh-good-nis]

hon·est-to-good·ness

[on-ist-tuh-good-nis]
adjective
1.
real or genuine.
adverb
2.
really, truly, or genuinely.

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Honest-to-god is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
Also, hon·est-to-God [on-ist-tuh-god] .


Origin:
1915–20
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honest-to-god

adjective
(used informally especially for emphasis); "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel" 
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