straight goods

noun

The truth; the facts.

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Meanings

nounstraight goods pl (plural only)
  1. idiomaticpluralplural onlyoften preceded by theThe truth; the facts.

    All the same, where did the straight goods leave off and the horseshit begin?

    1975, Matt Braun, Bloody Hand, →ISBN, page 31
    3 more examples

    "[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!"

    1900, Sandburrs, Alfred Henry Lewis, p. 188 (Google books)

    The News wrote that the mayor “let loyalty get the better of his duty to provide the public with straight goods.”

    2011 September 2, Michael Barbaro, “Bloomberg Is Chastised Over Silence on Deputy”, in New York Times, retrieved 01 May 2016

    Over three decades of writing about transit in the Toronto region has landed me in a stupor, unable to give readers the straight goods on our transit needs.

    2015 January 12, Royson James, “Let’s clear our heads and rethink this transit mess”, in The Star, Toronto, Canada, retrieved 01 May 2016
  2. idiomaticpluralplural onlyoften preceded by theSomeone or something authentic.

    Is she the straight goods, or is she a gold digger trying to con him?

    1994 May 10, Guy Gugliotta, “Capital Notebook”, in Washington Post, retrieved 01 May 2016
    1 more example

    There is no hype about the musicians, no fancy dress, no gimmick to catch the wandering eye. They are simply the straight goods—trenchant musicianship and first-rate ensemble.

    2003 October 31, R. M. Campbell, “Ensemble is sheer artistry, pure and simple”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 01 May 2016

Synonyms & antonyms

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truthveridicality
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APA

straight goods. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/straight%20goods

MLA

“straight goods.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/straight%20goods. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “straight goods,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/straight%20goods.

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