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cat's whiskers

British  

noun

  1. slang a person or thing that is excellent or superior

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"Your West Point," he commented later, "is absolutely the cat's whiskers."

From Time Magazine Archive

He does not openly suggest green hair or cat's whiskers, which seem to come naturally to his audience.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bell rang and the light flashed as soon as the radar "cat's whiskers" brushed the rising ground.

From Time Magazine Archive

Broadcasting was then mostly stutter and static, and reception was mostly a matter of cat's whiskers and crystals.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their hearts and consciences might be as hard as flint, but their pocketbooks were as sensitive as a cat’s whiskers.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep

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