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The real McCoy, a phrase meaning "the real thing" or "the genuine article" McCoy's (crisp), a brand of potato chips marketed under the slogan "The Real McCoy" Dundas Real McCoys, a hockey team in Dundas, Ontario; The Real McCoy (book), a 2003 novel by American writer Darin Strauss, based on the life of the boxer Charles "Kid" McCoy
William Frederick "Bill" McCoy (August 17, 1877 – December 30, 1948), was an American sea captain and rum-runner during the Prohibition in the United States.In pursuing the trade of smuggling alcohol from the Bahamas to the Eastern Seaboard, Capt. McCoy, [1] found a role model in John Hancock of pre-revolutionary Boston and considered himself an "honest lawbreaker."
Eventually, this saying supposedly evolved to "the real McCoy" in the United States. The second alcohol-related theory poses that Bill McCoy was a bootlegger in the U.S. during Prohibition. Hence real booze became known as "the real McCoy." Others claim the saying refers to Elijah McCoy, an engineer born in 1844.
The Real McCoys is an American sitcom starring Walter Brennan, Richard Crenna, and Kathleen Nolan. Co-produced by Danny Thomas 's Marterto Productions in association with Walter Brennan and Irving Pincus's Westgate Company, it was broadcast for six seasons: five by the ABC-TV network, from 1957 to 1962; and a final season by CBS , 1962–1963.
This popular expression, typically meaning the real thing, has been attributed to Elijah McCoy's oil-drip cup invention. One theory is that railroad engineers looking to avoid inferior copies would request it by name, [12] and inquire if a locomotive was fitted with "the real McCoy system".
Chanté and Rick McCoy III claim their late father, Richard McCoy Jr., is the ever-elusive Boeing hijacker DB Cooper after allegedly finding his parachute hidden in their home, according to a new ...
"Another Night" is a song by German Eurodance and pop music project Real McCoy (also known as M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy). The single is featured on their hit album Another Night (1995), which was the American release of the project's second album, Space Invaders. The song was written and produced in Germany by Juergen Wind (J. Wind) and Frank ...
Mar. 9—ELLENBURG — Ellenburg residents Sam and Mischell McCoy made a pilgrimage to the stronghold of the real MacKay in Scotland. "We went to Scotland last September," she said. "I just felt ...