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Sure-enough

adjective

(used informally especially for emphasis). Synonyms: honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old. "Had us a high old time" , "Went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel"

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"Sure-enough" Quotes from Famous Books

... next time we get on land. And we won't put up with any old bouquet of juniper bushes and rocks, either. We want a good, old-fashioned round bouquet of garden posies, with mignonette round the edge and a rose in the middle; a sure-enough token of esteem—that kind of thing, you know. Is it a bargain, ...

— The Stolen Singer • Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger

... just a squirrel in a cage. All day long I was saying: "Well, Squirrel, turn your little wheel. That's all you can do; turn your little wheel." And inside I was turning as hard and fast as a sure-enough squirrel turns; but outside I ...

— Mary Cary - "Frequently Martha" • Kate Langley Bosher

Words linked to "Sure-enough" : genuine, honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, echt