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Meaning: (idiomatic,often preceded bythe)Thetruth; thefacts.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'sstraight goods, see!"1975,Matt Braun,Bloody Hand,→ISBN,page31:All the same, where did thestraight goodsleave off and the horseshit begin?2011September 2, Michael Barbaro, “Bloomberg Is Chastised Over Silence on Deputy”, inNew York Times, retrieved1 May 2016:The News wrote that the mayor “let loyalty get the better of his duty to provide the public withstraight goods.”2015January 12, Royson James, “Let’s clear our heads and rethink this transit mess”, inThe Star, Toronto, Canada, retrieved1 May 2016:Over three decades of writing about transit in the Toronto region has landed me in a stupor, unable to give readers thestraight goodson our transit needs.; (idiomatic,often preceded bythe)Someone or somethingauthentic.1994May 10, Guy Gugliotta, “Capital Notebook”, inWashington Post, retrieved1 May 2016:Is she thestraight goods, or is she a gold digger trying to con him?2003October 31, R. M. Campbell, “Ensemble is sheer artistry, pure and simple”, inSeattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved1 May 2016:There is no hype about the musicians, no fancy dress, no gimmick to catch the wandering eye. They are simply thestraight goods—trenchant musicianship and first-rate ensemble.
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