Thread: " the whole nine yards"......
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Old 12-10-17, 01:30
Russ Gregg Russ Gregg is offline
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Interesting. I had heard that it took nine yards of fabric for a tailor to make a full formal suit for a man, as if you weren't skimping on anything. Also ties in to the related idiom, 'dressed to the nines'.
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