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Enter the Exhibit ... Dressed to the Nines: A History of the Baseball Uniform; Introduction · Parts of the Uniform · Timeline; Uniform Database · Activities · Credits; Online Exhibits · National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum...
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What uniform did the Cardinals wear when they won their first World Series in 1926? What did the Reds ... Dressed to the Nines: A History of the Baseball Uniform; Introduction · Parts of the Uniform · Timeline; Uniform Database · Activities · Credits; Online Exhibits · National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum...
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The phrase 'to the nines' is investigated. ... [Q] From JSB: What is the origin of the phrase to the nines? ... [A] There are at least half a dozen theories about this one. What we do know is that the phrase is first recorded in the late eighteenth century in poems by Robert Burns.
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The most baffling is "dressed to the nines." Nine what? And how far does one need to dress to get there? Can one in fact dress only to the eights or less? Please don't laugh -- I'm semi-serious. -- Bill Thorn, via the Internet.
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The phrases 'to the nines', or 'to the nine', were used to indicate perfection - the highest standards. That was in use in the 18th century, as here from William Hamilton's Epistle to Ramsay , 1719: 'To the nine' also appears in a translati...
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This expression is, according to the complete Oxford English Dictionary, recorded from 1793 in the poetry of Robert Burns: 'Thou paints auld Nature to the nines', it is recorded in a slang dictionary published in 1859. Slang is always difficult to pin down, and old slang is almost impossible.
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dressed to the nines: wearing something fancier than faded old blue jeans and flip-flops and 'do-rag on head. :) thanks for... ... definition: dressed to the nines: sar 9/30/01...
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Defined loosely as "all spiffed up" in formal clothing, the phrase "dressing to the nines" may have come from the sharply dressed British Army s 99th Regiment of Foot back in the 1850s. Only problem with that theory is the phrase first appears back in 1793 in the poetry of Robert Burns.
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Definition of dressed to the nines in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of dressed to the nines. Pronunciation of dressed to the nines. Translations of dressed to the nines. dressed to the nines synonyms, dressed to the nines antonyms. ... dressed to the nines - dressed in fancy or formal clothing...
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