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    What is the origin of the saying "dressed to the nines" and what does it really mean?

    Question #104322. Asked by 29CoveRoad. (Apr 01 09 4:34 PM)


    Midget40

    		Dressed flamboyantly or smartly

    One theory has it that tailors used nine yards of material to make a suit The more material you had the more status

    Another commonly repeated explanation comes from the exquisitely smart uniforms of the 99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot, which was raised in 1824.

    http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/dressed-to-the-nines.html

    Another is that the best seats in a theatre usec to cost 9 pence and people used to get dressed up to sit in those seats

    http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/25/messages/713.html

    Apr 01 09, 4:41 PM

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