straight goods

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straight goods

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  1. idiomatic, plural, plural only The truth; the facts. "[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!"
  2. idiomatic, plural, plural only Someone or something authentic. Is she the straight goods, or is she a gold digger trying to con him?

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@misc{straight_goods_2026,
  title = {straight goods},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/straight%20goods},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}