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Mc⋅Coy

  [muh-koi]
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–noun
the genuine thing or person as promised, stated, or implied (usually prec. by the or the real): Those other paintings are copies, but this one is the McCoy.
Origin:
1880–85; also Mackay, McKie, the clear McCoy (of liquor); of uncert. orig.; hypothesized identifications with Mackay, a Scottish clan, and Kid McCoy, nickname of U.S. boxer Norman Selby (1873–1940), are unsubstantiated
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(real) McCoy

  1. n.
    something authentic. : This is the real McCoy. Nothing else like it.
  2. n.
    pure drugs or alcohol. : If it's not the real McCoy, I don't want it.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

McCoy 
as in the real McCoy, 1922, from Scot. the real Mackay (1883), of uncertain origin, though there are many candidates, including whiskey distilled by A. and M. Mackay of Glasgow (the phrase the real McCoy became popular during Prohibition to describe liquor); Charles S. "Kid" McCoy (1872-1940), former welterweight boxing champ; and a claimant for chief of the northern branch of the clan Mackay.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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