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four-and-nines

four-and-nines is the plural of four-and-nine.

Meaning of four-and-nine

Noun

four-and-nine (plural four-and-nines)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A cheap hat.
    • Around me young and old, / Take this advice of mine, / When you want a hat, / Don't buy a four and nine.1850, William Mark Clark, Clark's Orphean Warbler (page 424): Four and Nine Tile (song)

Questions about four-and-nines

What is four-and-nines the plural of?
Four-and-nines is the plural of four-and-nine.

Words near four-and-nines in the dictionary

  1. four-accelerations
  2. four-ale
  3. four-ale bar
  4. four-ales
  5. four-and-nine
  6. four-and-nines
  7. four-and-twenty
  8. four-bagger
  9. four-baggers
  10. four-ball
  11. four-balls

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