[Chat] ...Dressed to the Nines ('s)...

[Don Homberg]

At least one web site ( http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/meanings/411150.html ) said
"Tailors use nine yards of material for top quality suits. Related to
'dressed to the nines'"

Don
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "arjay" <arjay at bcpl.net>
To: <Chat at charlesvillage.info>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 4:08 PM
Subject: [Chat] ...Dressed to the Nines ('s)...


> Chaz-ville,
>
> ...He was dressed "to the Nines (9's)"...
>
> Does anyone know the meaning and derivation of this of this expression?
It
> seems to be popping up all over the place and no one can give me the
> background of it, and why it means what they suppose it means.
>
> The web said it was early slang and therefore impossible to know for sure.
>
> All of us collectively in CV know everything there is to know.
>
> So what does it mean, and more importantly why?
>
> Arjay
>
>
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