king bee
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of king bee
1890–95, on the model of queen bee
Example Sentences
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Barney Oldfield, king bee of the speedway buzz wagons, drove his Green Dragon around and around a dirt track at Barbee's Park in South Joplin.
From Time Magazine Archive
I tamed the king bee, and when he had learned all sorts of funny little tricks, such as standing on his head and humming tunes, I let him go back to the swarm.
From Mr. Munchausen Being a True Account of Some of the Recent Adventures beyond the Styx of the Late Hieronymus Carl Friedrich, Sometime Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder by Bangs, John Kendrick
Say, you're the king bee of all gamblers.
From Cabin Fever by Bower, B. M.
Old Man Wisner's the king bee of this here row of houses.
From The Man Next Door by Hough, Emerson
He was the king bee in that lot of evangelizers and elevators.
From The Law of the Land by Hough, Emerson
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