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the cat's whiskers

Something or someone that is highly enjoyable, desirable, or impressive, especially in a fancy or elaborate way. Tom's new Cadillac is really the cat's whiskers! Boy, that singer last night was the cat's whiskers, wasn't she?
See also: whisker

the cat's whiskers

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the cat's pyjamas

BRITISH, OLD-FASHIONED
If you describe someone or something as the cat's whiskers or the cat's pyjamas, you mean they are the best person or thing of their kind. She had this great dress on with huge skirts, and she thought she was the cat's whiskers as she walked into the room. We critics variously declared the show brilliant, the cat's pyjamas, breathtaking, and unmissable. Note: These expressions were originally American and became popular in Britain during the 1920s. `Cat's whisker' was also the name of a fine wire in a crystal wireless receiver.
See also: whisker

the cat's whiskers

an excellent person or thing. informal
Other similar phrases include the cat's pyjamas and the chiefly North American the cat's miaou .
See also: whisker

the cat’s ˈwhiskers/pyˈjamas

(informal, often ironic) the best person, idea, thing, etc: She thinks she’s the cat’s whiskers.
See also: pyjama, whisker
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Patterns: Cat's Whisker, Silver Invicta, Minkie, Silver Muddler.
Autumn winds blow away summer; ANGLING
Fontburn: Dawson's Olive, Cat's Whisker, Black Fritz Kielder: Clan Chief, Orange Blob Knitsley: Bloodworm, Cat's Whisker, Black and Green Buzzers.
Taylor proving to be the king of the Castle; GAME ANGLING
He caught on small Cat's Whisker, Olive Lure and Diawl Bach from the jetty, high bank and moor side.
Lockwood Beck is proving a smash hit with the youngsters; TROUT TOPICS
Sharpley: Black Buzzer, Pinky Bloodworm, Yellow Worm, Okey Dokey, Black/ White Zonker, Cat's Whisker, Appetiser, Damsel, Dawson's Olive.
Cold not keeping away the catches; GAME ANGLING
Over the week 48 anglers caught 86 trout, with the top baits being worm and white Power-Bait cocktail, with the top patterns being Dawson's Olive and Cat's Whisker.
Chris and Co enjoy good day at Lockwood Beck
Patterns: Dawson's Olive, Black Buzzer, Orange Blob, Black and Peacock Spider, Cat's Whisker.
THE ONLY WAY IS DOWN FOR LATE SEASON BAIT ANGLERS; TROUT TOPICS
Chatton: Black Buzzers, various black lures, Dawson's Olives, Cat's Whiskers, Nymphs, Bloodworms, Diawl Bachs.
Tyne fish count hits a record low
Alan Pritchard from Hebburn had only one - a fine 14-pounder taken on a Cat's Whisker.
Double figures name of the game at Linden
RAINBOWS to 16lb 14oz were caught at JUBILEE LAKES, where black lures, Cat's Whisker, Bloodworm, and brightly coloured Fritz and Zonker have all caught fish.
DAM GOOD START; Big bites kick off new season ANDREW WILKINSON rounds up all the activity on the local angling scene TROUT TOPICS
Langley: Red Diawl Bach, Hare's Ear, Cat's Whisker, Dawson's Olive.
Chatton is fishing well
RAINBOWS to 9lb were caught at LOCKWOOD BECK, that one falling to Mark Walker, who caught 15 in a session all on Cat's Whisker fished under an indicator.
ANGLING: MAKING HIS MARK; Walker weighs in with 9lb rainbow ANDREW WILKINSON rounds up all the activity on the local angling scene
Jubilee: Black & Green Lures, Cat's Whiskers, Black Rubber Leg Daddy, Olive Zonker, Damsel, Black Buzzer.
Hirst Park honoured at Alnwick open day
West House: Cat's Whiskers, Dawson's Olives, Zonkers, Pink Buzzers, Hare's Ears, mini lures.
New date for South Linden opener
Sweethope: Intermediate lines with Cat's Whiskers, Dawson's Olives, Black Fritz are doing the best at the moment.
Lynas reeling in the rainbows yet again
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