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Honest-to-god

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Adjective

1. honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old, sure-enough

(used informally especially for emphasis)

Example Sentences:
'a real honest-to-god live cowboy'
'had us a high old time'
'went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Honest-to-god

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a. (adjective)
completely authentic
b. (interjection)
an expression of affirmation or surprise
adjective
1. informal
completely authentic; totally genuine
You wanna know the honest-to-God truth?
exclamation
2. informal
an expression of affirmation or surprise
I wish we weren't doing this, Lillian, honest to God, I really do.
I look at him and think, Cor! Honest to God, I am so lucky.
Honest to God, it wasn't me!

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