the saying dressed up to the nines came from the 1719 written work poem on pastoral poetry.
the saying dressed up to the nines came from the 1719 written work poem on pastoral poetry.
in what 1719 written work did the saying dressed up to the nines come from?
poem on pastoral poetry
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"to the nine" 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 nine" or "dressed up to the nine".









































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the phrase is said to be scots in origin. the earliest written example of the phrase is from the 1719 "epistle to ramsay" by the scottish poet william hamilton:









































poem style="margin-left: 2em;"the bonny lines therein thou sent me, 









































how to the nines they did content me.









































/poem
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nines may refer to:









































bullet::::- nines, albania, a village in fier county









































bullet::::- nines (card game), a card game









































bullet::::- list of unusual units of measurement#nines describes terms like "five nines" in engineering, including:









































bullet::::- high availability of systems, which also has a chart









































bullet::::- nine (purity), with respect to materials









































bullet::::- "nines" (film), a film









































bullet::::- nines (rugby), a variant of rugby league football









































bullet::::- nines (rapper) (born 1990), english musician









































bullet::::- the nines (band), a power pop band led by steve eggers from toronto, canada
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