cat's pajamas

noun

variants or British cat's pyjamas

informal + old-fashioned

: a highly admired or exceptionally excellent person or thing

He's the cat's pajamas, I couldn't love, respect, admire, and enjoy that individual more than I do.

—Drew Barrymore, quoted in Harper's, 1 Oct. 2010

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

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