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The bee's knees - the meaning and origin of this phrase.
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Dutch: jé van hét, nowadays as obsolete as the bee's knees itself Mark Israel, “the bee's knees”, alt.usage.english FAQ, line 4407, 1997-09-29...
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What is the origin of the phrase 'the bee's knees', and what exactly does it mean? The Oxford English Dictionary records the expression bee's knee as meaning the type of something small or insignificant from 1797. The plural form is US slang dating from the 1920s, when there was an explosion of terms meaning 'the acme...
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FAQ article: the bee's knees The phrase "the bee's knees", meaning "the height of excellence", became popular in the U.S. in the 1920s, along with "the cat's whiskers" (possibly from the use of these in radio crystal sets), "the cat's pajamas" (pyjamas were still new enough to be daring), and similar phrases which made...
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The Bees Knees website is a constantly expanding music information archive with exclusive biographies, discographies, tour news and curious ephemera for a wide range of folk, jazz and roots artistes and the award-winning Fledg’ling record label. The Bee's Knees, a music information archive...
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bee's knees - 7 definitions - A old term that means cool.
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Traditionally, tapas dishes have been associated with ; Spanish cuisine. However at THE BEE’S KNEES, we take a global approach that encompasses various cultures and flavors from around the world. From Thai to Spanish, Cajun to ;
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It is bees knees. If you've ever seen a bee, then you know how tiny its knees must be(e). That's what the term first referred to - anything small or insignificant. It first appears in writing at the end of the 18th century in a letter: "It cannot be as big as a bee’s knee" (1797). And, as we mentioned earlier in...
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