(idea) by Mod Mon Oct 08 2001 at 11:25:41
To hold the nuts in poker is to hold the best possible hand at that point in the game.

Probably derived from the term the bee's knees which led eventually to the "dog's bollocks" which became the "mutt's nuts".

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