"honest-to-gods" meaning in English

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          "text": "He was an honest-to-gods sport fan.",
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          "ref": "1993, Edward Baumann, May God Have Mercy on Your Soul, page 421:",
          "text": "[…] 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 […]",
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