real mccoy

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von real mccoy im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

Relevante Übersetzungen

the real mccoy

gerçek

the real McCoy

orijinal, gerçek

the real McCoy

hakikisi

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von real mccoy im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

The genuine thing, neither a substitute nor an imitation

informal usage attributing authenticity

Relevante Übersetzungen

the real McCoy

(Slang) real or genuine person or thing; the real thing (not a substitute)

Silbentrennung

re·al Mc·Coy

Türkische aussprache

ril mıkoy

Synonyme

genuine article, goods, gospel, mccoy, no imitation, no joke, real thing, very thing

Aussprache

/ˈrēl məˈkoi/ /ˈriːl məˈkɔɪ/

Etymologie

() Corruption of Scots the real MacKay, this latter attested in 1846 in the Niles National Register pertaining to a parliamentary bill.. How “MacKay” became “McCoy” is unclear; first attested with this spelling in Canada in 1881. In James S. Bond's The Rise and Fall of the "Union club": or, Boy life in Canada, a character utters, "By jingo! yes; so it will be It's the 'real McCoy,' as Jim Hicks says. Nobody but a devil can find us there."Bond, James S. . Yorkville, Ontario. p. 1 The term is the subject of many folk etymologies, discussed at the Wikipedia entry.