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Search results for 'the bee\'s knees':

bee1 noun (bees) 1 any of numerous four-winged insects, the female of which almost always bears a sting, and some species of which live in colonies and are often kept for their honey, eg the bumble-bee and honey bee. 2 (usually busy bee) a busy industrious person. a bee in one's bonnet an idea, especially a rather strange one, which has become an obsession. the bee's knees Brit colloq a person or thing considered to be extremely special or good, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon beo.