Monroe County Master Gardener Association Newsletter

We do know that widespread use of the bee's knees phrase came about during the Roaring '20s. That was a time when so-called flapper talk was rampant. Trendy phrases of the times included "apple knocker" for a rustic person, "kluck" for a dumb person and "pollywoppus" for meaningless stuff. Nonsense phrases for excellence were also common. ................
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