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( idiomatic , often preceded by the ) The truth ; the facts .
1900 , Sandburrs , Alfred Henry Lewis , p. 188 (Google books) :
"[I]n me yout' I was d' star poople of d' Sunday school dey opens long ago at d' Five Points. That's straight goods , see!"
1975 , Matt Braun , Bloody Hand , →ISBN , p. 31 (Google books) :
All the same, where did the straight goods leave off and the horseshit begin?
2011 Sep. 2, Michael Barbaro, "Bloomberg Is Chastised Over Silence on Deputy ," New York Times (retrieved 1 May 2016) :
The News wrote that the mayor “let loyalty get the better of his duty to provide the public with straight goods .”
2015 Jan. 12, Royson James , "Let’s clear our heads and rethink this transit mess ," The Star (Toronto, Canada) (retrieved 1 May 2016) :
Over three decades of writing about transit in the Toronto region has landed me in a stupor, unable to give readers the straight goods on our transit needs.
( idiomatic , often preceded by the ) Someone or something authentic .
1994 May 10, Guy Gugliotta, "Capital Notebook ," Washington Post (retrieved 1 May 2016) :
Is she the straight goods , or is she a gold digger trying to con him?
2003 Oct. 31, R. M. Campbell, "Ensemble is sheer artistry, pure and simple ," Seattle Post-Intelligencer (retrieved 1 May 2016) :
There is no hype about the musicians, no fancy dress, no gimmick to catch the wandering eye. They are simply the straight goods —trenchant musicianship and first-rate ensemble.