"dog's bollocks" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-dog's bollocks.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Etymology templates: {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} dog's bollocks pl (plural only)
  1. (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar slang) Something that is outstandingly good. Tags: Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand, plural, plural-only, slang, vulgar Synonyms: best, dog's dangly bits [euphemistic], dog's ballocks Related terms: bee's knees, cat's pyjamas, cat's whiskers, duck's guts, mutt's nuts
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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