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dog, n.1
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SECOND EDITION 1989
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DRAFT ADDITIONS SEPTEMBER 2004
Brit. coarse slang. (the) dog's bollocks, the very best, the acme of excellence. Cf. the cat's whiskers s.v. CAT n.1 13l, the bee's knees s.v. BEE n.1 5b(b).
1989 C. D
ONALD et al. (
title) Viz: the dog's bollocks: the best of issues 26 to 31.
1995 Times 4 Oct. 7/1 Before Tony Blair's speech, a chap near me growled: ‘'E thinks 'e's the dog's bollocks.’ Well he's entitled to. It was a commanding speech: a real dog's bollocks of an oration.
2000 Front Oct. 51/3 You said you quite fancied Jon Bon Jovi. Yeah, Jon Bon Jovi is the dog's bollocks.
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