[Ads-l] the bee's knees (1920)

[Dan Goncharoff]

So "bee's knees" went from a thing that doesn't exist (but con men try to
convince you does) to a thing that does exist but is exceptionally rare?

On Sat, Oct 20, 2018, 4:31 AM Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:

> Another non-superlative use, in a nonsense anatomy lecture:
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> "The kidneys are much bigger than a bee's knees and much the shape of
> kidney beans."
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> (Lancaster) Wisconsin Herald, Jan. 24, 1846, 1:3. Am. Hist. Newsp.
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> SG
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