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good authority

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Noun1.good authority - testimony by someone who should know; "I have it on good authority"
testimonial, testimony - something that serves as evidence; "his effort was testimony to his devotion"


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It was reported on good authority that he was in receipt of one of the largest incomes derived from the practice of medicine in modern times.
The Haunted Hotel by Collins, Wilkie View in context
The details of the case will probably be never known now, though we are informed upon good authority that the crime was the result of an old standing and romantic feud, in which love and Mormonism bore a part.
A Study In Scarlet by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
For in truth and earnest, I know from good authority that the coarse country wench who jumped up on the ass was and is Dulcinea del Toboso, and that worthy Sancho, though he fancies himself the deceiver, is the one that is deceived; and that there is no more reason to doubt the truth of this, than of anything else we never saw.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
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