MCCOY Definition & Meaning

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McCoy

[muh-koi]

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noun

Usually the McCoy or the real McCoy the genuine thing or person as promised, stated, or implied.
Those other paintings are copies, but this one is the McCoy.

McCoy

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noun

slang��the genuine person or thing (esp in the phrase the real McCoy )

McCoy

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noun

Tony, full name Anthony Peter McCoy. born 1974, Northern Irish national hunt jockey: champion jockey every season since 1995/96

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of McCoy¹

First recorded in 1880–85; also Mackay, McKie, the clear McCoy (of liquor); of uncertain origin; hypothesized identifications with Mackay, a Scottish clan, and Kid McCoy, nickname of U.S. boxer Norman Selby (1873–1940), are unsubstantiated

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of McCoy¹

C20: perhaps after Kid McCoy, professional name of Norman Selby (1873–1940), American boxer, who was called ``the real McCoy'' to distinguish him from another boxer of that name

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"The defenceless victim was viciously beaten, stabbed in the chest with a knife and sliced on both sides of his face," Det Insp McCoy said.

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Foster played in groups with jazz titans like Art Pepper, McCoy Tyner and Horace Silver, among many others.

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As Taylor Leigh and Drew McCoy of the Antibot YouTube channel argued, these folks aren't objectively better-looking in their "after" images.

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It's a level of conformity that McCoy semi-joked verges on "gender religion."

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“We are working to obtain video from The Dome at America’s Center that may have captured what led up to the encounter,” police spokesperson Mitch McCoy said.

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McCormick McCrae

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