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1. the best, the superlative.
![]() | Sorrows of a Show Girl Ch. ii: Say, that piece of work that stands on the end opposite you is all to the berries, ain’t she? | |
![]() | One Man’s War (1928) 33: I growed a moustache [...] I thought it was the berries. | diary 12 Nov. in|
![]() | Nigger Heaven 157: She’s the berries at that, was Olive’s comment. | |
![]() | Federal Agent Nov. 🌐 In brief, Mr. Todd had an idea that he was the berries minus the razz. | ‘Good Luck is No Good’ in|
![]() | Your Deal, My Lovely n.p.: Except for the fact that she hadn’t had her face lifted she mighta been your favourite film star. That baby was the berries. | |
![]() | ‘On Broadway’ 19 Nov. [synd. col.] Phillips [...] cabled his adored [...] ‘This is the berries’. | |
![]() | Come in Spinner (1960) 297: He was simply the berries. | |
![]() | Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1964) 199: This is the berries. | |
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![]() | Plays: 3 (1994) Scene ii: I could have been the very best. Why they napped me to be the berries in my trade! | Morning After Optimism in|
![]() | A Life (1981) Act II: Is this the berries or isn’t it? | |
![]() | Out After Dark 99: ‘Tell the truth, is she the berries or is she not?’ he asked, pink with pride. | |
![]() | Capone 318: There had never been an outlaw quite like Al Capone. He was elegant, high-class, the berries. | |
![]() | Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. | |
![]() | Glorious Heresies 77: ‘Aw stop, aren’t you the fucking berries?’. |
2. as a negative, the ultimate, the last straw.
![]() | On Broadway 3 Oct. [synd. col.] The too much sunburn theory is strictly the berries. | |
![]() | Dames Don’t Care (1960) 7: Say, this town is the berries. |