"four-and-nine" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: four-and-nines [plural]
Etymology: From the price of four shillings and ninepence, at which a once noted advertising hat-maker sold his hats. Head templates: {{en-noun}} four-and-nine (plural four-and-nines)
  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A cheap hat. Tags: UK, obsolete, slang

Inflected forms

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