"nine days' wonder" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: nine days' wonders [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌndə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun|head=nine days' wonder}} nine days' wonder (plural nine days' wonders)
  1. Alternative form of nine day wonder Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: nine day wonder
    Sense id: en-nine_days'_wonder-en-noun-DJqcZiUn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto I, stanza CLXXXVIII, page 97:",
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          "text": "As the matter is to be a \"nine days' wonder,\" they are evidently determined that there shall be no cause of after complaint.",
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          "ref": "1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “‘Condor’—British Railways’ Fastest Freight Train”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 47:",
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