Meanings
adjectivehonest-to-gods (not comparable)
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of honest to gods.
He was an honest-to-gods sport fan.
2011, Max Holman, The Chronicles of White Raven and the Book of Vanderbolt1 more example
[…] night of Dec. 3 or 4, was the honest-to-Gods truth. Like I informed you, I was in our bathroom for a period of fifteen (15) or twenty (20) minutes. I then heard strange sound , similar to one that is made when a child or individual, fires a cap pistol in a […]
1993, Edward Baumann, May God Have Mercy on Your Soul, page 421
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