genuine article
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[edit]Noun
[edit]genuine article (plural genuine articles)
- An authentic thing, as opposed to an imitation.
- Synonyms: real thing, real deal, real McCoy, pure quill
- Antonyms: copy, counterfeit, fake, imitation, lookalike, phony
- 2018 November, Deborah Blum, “When Milk Was Full of Calf Brains”, in The Atlantic[1]:
- “Coffee” might be largely sawdust, or wheat, beans, beets, peas, and dandelion seeds, scorched black and ground to resemble the genuine article.
- 2023 April 5, Chantal Da Silva, Daniel Arkin, “Cash App founder Bob Lee reportedly killed in San Francisco stabbing, sources say”, in NBC News[2]:
- "Bob was a dynamo, a force of nature. Bob was the genuine article," Joshua Goldbard said.
- (by extension) the shit; the bomb.
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[edit]- genuine article (Check: CB, CD, CO, LX, LM, MM, MW, OL, TFD)
- “the genuine article” (US) / “the genuine article” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.