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Beagles are special for me; and those two are adorable! Sadly we lost our beagle years ago and I still mourn her.
 
🤔 Interesting background on the saying.....

What is the origin of the phrase "the bee's knees"?


The phrase was first recorded in the late 18th century, when it was used to mean 'something very small and insignificant'. Its current meaning dates from the 1920s, at which time a whole collection of American slang expressions were coined with the meaning 'an outstanding person or thing'. Examples included the flea's eyebrows, the canary's tusks, and one that still survives – the cat's whiskers. The switch in meaning for the bee's knees probably emerged because it was so similar in structure and pattern to these other phrases.
 
Good stuff Brian. Now how bout a gobbler with that gun next spring?
It doesn't pattern the best.
In the process of buying parts for a .54 smooth rifle, Beck style.
I need to try Skycheif's load out of it...it might tighten the group up.
 
🤔 Interesting background on the saying.....

What is the origin of the phrase "the bee's knees"?


The phrase was first recorded in the late 18th century, when it was used to mean 'something very small and insignificant'. Its current meaning dates from the 1920s, at which time a whole collection of American slang expressions were coined with the meaning 'an outstanding person or thing'. Examples included the flea's eyebrows, the canary's tusks, and one that still survives – the cat's whiskers. The switch in meaning for the bee's knees probably emerged because it was so similar in structure and pattern to these other phrases.
Just one you missed--THE GNATS B---OCKS.. O.D.
 
:^D Just saw the one word in my post. Ya just gotta call the longbeard, not longboard in a little closer. Ya gotta spellcheck the spellcheck sometimes. :)
 
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