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sixes and nines

sixes and nines noun: curly quotation marks, as opposed to straight quotes.

Noun

sixes and nines pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) Curly quotation marks, as opposed to straight quotes.

Origin of sixes and nines

From the appearance like the numerals 6 and 9.

Questions about sixes and nines

What does sixes and nines mean?
Sixes and nines means curly quotation marks, as opposed to straight quotes.
What part of speech is sixes and nines?
Sixes and nines is a noun.

Words near sixes and nines in the dictionary

  1. sixer
  2. sixern
  3. sixerns
  4. sixers
  5. sixes
  6. sixes and nines
  7. sixfoil
  8. sixfoils
  9. sixfold
  10. sixfoldness
  11. sixgill

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