9 + (9 / 9) + (9 / 9) + (9 / 9) = 12
NINE: -noun 1. a cardinal number, eight plus one. 2. a symbol for this number, as 9 or IX. 3. a set of this many persons or things. 4. a baseball team. 5. a playing card with nine pips. 6. the Nine, the Muses. -adjective 7. amounting to nine in number. -Idiom 8. dressed to the nines, looking one's best; dressed smartly, splendidly, etc.: All the girls were dressed to the nines for the party. (from dictionary.com)
Burchfield Nines was created in 1978.
There are four nines in a deck of cards.
7 nines, with 5 left over.
dressed to the nines dressed to the nines dressed to the nines ===== dressed to the hilt dressed to kill
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The phrase "dressed to the nines" is an adjective. It means to be very well dressed.
Dressed to the nines
I believe it is a spin-off of the term "dressed to the nines" which means to be very fashionably dressed. Being "dressed to the sevens" is a term made popular by ads for the new Tide Total Care detergent which show the seven signs of beautiful clothes and it implies that you can look your very best on an everyday level.
The expression is "Dressed to the teeth." and means as well dressed as you can be, head to toe.
from some horny guy who wanted his girl friend not to where any clothes
The term "dress to the nines" comes from England when sailing ships were used. As the ship would come into the harbor all sails would be flying, all nine of them. And all the sailors would be dressed in dress uniforms lined up on either side of the ship. The modern connotation is to have put on your finest clothing and jewelry, almost as if you were being visited by royalty. See also 'putting on the dog.'
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9 + (9 / 9) + (9 / 9) + (9 / 9) = 12
NINE: -noun 1. a cardinal number, eight plus one. 2. a symbol for this number, as 9 or IX. 3. a set of this many persons or things. 4. a baseball team. 5. a playing card with nine pips. 6. the Nine, the Muses. -adjective 7. amounting to nine in number. -Idiom 8. dressed to the nines, looking one's best; dressed smartly, splendidly, etc.: All the girls were dressed to the nines for the party. (from dictionary.com)
It means dress up in your most fashionable clothes. No one knows for certain where the expression comes from.