"real MacKay" meaning in Scots

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Noun

IPA: /ˌreɪl məˈkaɪ/, /ˌriəl məˈkaɪ/ Forms: the real MacKay [canonical]
Etymology: Attested in 1856 as “A drappie o’ the real MacKay” (A drop of the real MacKay). Used as advertising slogan of G. MacKay & Co., Ltd., a whisky distiller. Later attested 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson: : For society, there isna sae muckle, but there’s myself—the auld Johnson, ye ken—he’s the real Mackay… Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|head=the real MacKay}} the real MacKay
  1. (idiomatic) The real McCoy, the genuine article, not an imitation. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-real_MacKay-sco-noun-kskhZvrK Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header

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