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Dressed to the
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nines
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
in phrase to the nines "to perfection" (1787) first attested in Burns, apparently preserves the ancient notion of the perfection of the number as three times three (such as the nine Muses).[T]he Book of St. Albans, in the sections on blasonry, lays great ...
Usage examples of nines.
The drafts are for grams, three nines fine, drawn on Ceres and South Africa Acceptances, Limited, Luna City.
By draft in grams, three nines, on Ceres and South Africa Acceptances, Luna City office.
For centuries each had been selecting eight subordinates carefully, choosing only men who could remain loyal to the ultimate extremity and who would, themselves, build their own Nines with equal care.
Nine nines is as good as we're ever going to get and we can't reach that without specialized equipment, which isn't here.