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nccphd | 18:45 Sun 04th Aug 2002 | Phrases & Sayings
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'dressed to the nines' what is the origin and what does it mean?
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Click http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-nin1.htm for the answer.
07:44 Mon 05th Aug 2002
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'To the nines' is accepted to have mistakenly evolved from the Old English 'to then eyne' (to the eyes), the expression meaning well turned out in all your finery and easy on the eyes.
09:51 Mon 05th Aug 2002

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