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To the Nines is the ninth novel by Janet Evanovich featuring the bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. Written in 2003, it's the second book in a row that doesn't revolve around a criminal bond, and the first to take Stephanie out of New Jersey and into the neon glitz of Las Vegas.
To the Nines appeared on the USA Today list of 150 best-selling novels for 17 weeks, peaking at number 2.
To The Nines is the first album by melodic hardcore side project band, Only Crime. It was released by Fat Wreck Chords on July 13, 2004, and features Good Riddance's Russ Rankin, Bane's Aaron Dalbec, and renowned drummer and producer, Bill Stevenson, of Black Flag and Descendents fame. It also features Doni and Zach Blair, brothers who made up half the band Hagfish.
To the Nines is the sixth studio album by the Danish death/ thrash metal band Hatesphere. To the Nines peaked at number 36 on the Tracklisten, the Danish top 40 record chart.
To the nines may refer to:
- To the nines, an English idiom meaning "to perfection" or "to the highest degree"
- To the Nines (Only Crime album)
- To the Nines (Hatesphere album)
- To the Nines (novel), a 2003 Janet Evanovich novel
"To the nines" is an English idiom meaning "to perfection" or "to the highest degree" or to dress "buoyantly and high class". In modern English usage, the phrase most commonly appears as "dressed to the nines" or "dressed up to the nines".
Usage examples of "to the nines".
All of varying hues and dressed to the nines, so confident and cocky that they hadn't even worn good battle shoes….
She had been titivated off to the nines for the Admiral's inspection, scrubbed by the lifts and braces, sails furled in a body with never a wrinkle.
A Macaroni merchant is what Mr Mickleby calls him, but no doubt she thinks him quite up to the nines.
He may look in tomorrow, so let his room be priddied to the nines, in case he stays.
Here we are, Mar, strapped to the nines, standing in the middle of a battle.
She could always give herself a mink coat, but she had never relished the idea of wearing a garment made out of a lot of dear little furry dead animals, and she'd look a fool wandering down the village street on a Sunday morning to pick up the papers dressed up to the nines in mink.