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honest-to-goodness

[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-goodness has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
Also, hon·est-to-God [on-ist-tuh-god] .


Origin:
1915–20
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honest-to-goodness

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" [syn: honest-to-god
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