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one and nines

one and nines noun: cheap seats in a theatre, costing one shilling and nine pence.

Noun

one and nines pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, historical, plural, plural-only) Cheap seats in a theatre, costing one shilling and nine pence.
    • When Tomorrow Comes was probably some sort of weepy love story which always got him laughing like a drain, often leading to his physical removal from the one and nines.2013, Tom Davies, Polly Garter's War

Questions about one and nines

What does one and nines mean?
One and nines means cheap seats in a theatre, costing one shilling and nine pence.
What part of speech is one and nines?
One and nines is a noun.

Words near one and nines in the dictionary

  1. one and a half syndrome
  2. one and a halves
  3. one and all
  4. one and done
  5. one and dones
  6. one and nines
  7. one and one
  8. one and ones
  9. one and onlies
  10. one and only
  11. one and out

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