"five and nine" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the product numbering used by the Leichner cosmetics company.",
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      "expansion": "five and nine (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "kind": "other",
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            "Coordinated pairs",
            "Terms by etymology"
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Theater",
          "orig": "en:Theater",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Marking Time, page 263:",
          "text": "Not much \"beautiful dignity\" about her now! she thought, looking at her smudged eyes and the tracks her tears had made in carefully applied five and nine. Her black tin box of makeup — her most treasured possession — sat before her, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Evadne Hinge, The Naked Doctor, page 69:",
          "text": "[…] before many years had passed I would be plastered in the greasy 'five and nine' cosmetics beloved of the theatrical profession.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, James Hayes, Shouting in the Evenings, page 80:",
          "text": "The sticks of Leichner were notoriously hard and difficult to spread. […] In theatre dressing rooms the hot bulbs surrounding the actors' mirrors were often streaked with five and nine, which helped to soften the stuff.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Basic facial greasepaint makeup."
      ],
      "id": "en-five_and_nine-en-noun-AS5OI7Z1",
      "links": [
        [
          "theater",
          "theater"
        ],
        [
          "facial",
          "facial"
        ],
        [
          "greasepaint",
          "greasepaint"
        ],
        [
          "makeup",
          "makeup"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(theater, informal) Basic facial greasepaint makeup."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "theater"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "five and nine"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From the product numbering used by the Leichner cosmetics company.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "five and nine (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "English coordinated pairs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Theater"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Marking Time, page 263:",
          "text": "Not much \"beautiful dignity\" about her now! she thought, looking at her smudged eyes and the tracks her tears had made in carefully applied five and nine. Her black tin box of makeup — her most treasured possession — sat before her, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Evadne Hinge, The Naked Doctor, page 69:",
          "text": "[…] before many years had passed I would be plastered in the greasy 'five and nine' cosmetics beloved of the theatrical profession.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, James Hayes, Shouting in the Evenings, page 80:",
          "text": "The sticks of Leichner were notoriously hard and difficult to spread. […] In theatre dressing rooms the hot bulbs surrounding the actors' mirrors were often streaked with five and nine, which helped to soften the stuff.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Basic facial greasepaint makeup."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "theater",
          "theater"
        ],
        [
          "facial",
          "facial"
        ],
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          "greasepaint",
          "greasepaint"
        ],
        [
          "makeup",
          "makeup"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(theater, informal) Basic facial greasepaint makeup."
      ],
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        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "theater"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "five and nine"
}