Definition
The truth; the facts.
Someone or something authentic.
In Context
- ""[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!""
- "All the same, where did the straight goods leave off and the horseshit begin?"
- "The News wrote that the mayor “let loyalty get the better of his duty to provide the public with straight goods.”"
- "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."
- "Is she the straight goods, or is she a gold digger trying to con him?"
- "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."