dog's bollocks

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dog's bollocks

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noun dog's ballocks

  1. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, plural, plural only, slang Something that is outstandingly good. That new flat screen TV you bought is the dog's bollocks.

    Similar: all that and a bag of chips, antelope's cantaloupes, ant's pants, bee's knees, bollocks, cat's ass, cat's meow, cat's pajamas, cat's pyjamas, cat's whiskers, cream of the crop, crème de la crème

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@misc{dog_s_bollocks_2026,
  title = {dog's bollocks},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dog's%20bollocks},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}