straight goods
The truth, as in Is that straight goods about how much you still owe? or I'm giving you the straight goods about Monica. [Slang; late 1800s]
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How to use straight goods in a sentence
I'll give you the straight goods so's there won't be any chance of a mistake.
The White Moll | Frank L. Packard“Seems to be straight goods,” remarked Jim, as Joe threw the paper aside.
Baseball Joe Around the World | Lester ChadwickI'm beginnin' to believe too how some of that dope I fed to Herbert must have been straight goods.
Torchy, Private Sec. | Sewell FordI give you the straight goods that it was a disguised voice, and so, unreckonizable.
The Mark of Cain | Carolyn WellsWell, this is the straight goods at any rate, said Cimarron.
The Sunset Trail | Alfred Henry Lewis
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