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nine day wonder

nine day wonder is the alternative form of nine-day wonder.

Meaning of nine-day wonder

Noun

nine-day wonder (plural nine-day wonders)

  1. (idiomatic) Something that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandoned.
    • […] I am content this vvinter to haue my doings read for a toye, that in ſommer they may be ready for traſh. It is not ſtraunge vvhen as the greateſt vvonder laſteth but nyne dayes, that a nevve vvorke ſhould not endure but three monethes.[[1578], Iohn Lylly [i.e., John Lyly], “To the Gentlemen Readers”, in Euphues. The Anatomy of Wyt. […], London: […] [Thomas East] for Gabriell Cawood, […], →OCLC

Forms of nine day wonder

pluralnine day wonders

Questions about nine day wonder

What is nine day wonder the alternative form of?
Nine day wonder is the alternative form of nine-day wonder.

Words near nine day wonder in the dictionary

  1. nindans
  2. NINDS
  3. nine
  4. nine ball
  5. nine bows
  6. nine day wonder
  7. nine day wonders
  8. nine days wonder
  9. nine days wonders
  10. nine days' wonder
  11. nine days' wonders

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