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    From where comes the phrase "dressed to the nines"?

    Question #98743. Asked by star_gazer. (Aug 20 08 8:48 PM)


    jensj2

    From some guy in France, in the 14th century, it appears.

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

    Also see Question #52472
    http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question52472.html

    Aug 20 08, 8:54 PM
    albtucker

    Dressed to the nines, or dressed up to the nines are merely a version of the phrase that is applied to clothing. That is first cited in John C. Hotten's A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, 1859 as:

    "DRESSED UP TO THE NINES', in a showy 'recherché' manner."

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

    Aug 20 08, 10:29 PM


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