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straight goods

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  1. 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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If your correspondent is presenting the straight goods, and I believe he is, then I, as one of this country's well-meaning, nonthinking citizens, bow my head in shame.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the note is straight goods I've got to work on the Q.T.

From The Big-Town Round-Up by William MacLeod Raine

Oh yes, it’s straight goods I’m givin’ you.

From Jewel Weed by Harrison Fisher

"Oh, joke as you may, boys, but I am giving you the straight goods," continued the Little 'Un, handing out a little bit of reminiscent news of days gone by that will never be duplicated.

From A Pirate of Parts by Richard Neville

"Now, Boss, I'm goin' to give you the straight goods," Haney pleaded.

From The Diamond Master by Jacques Futrelle

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