where did the saying dressed to the nines come from
Epistle to Ramsay
title: To the nines text: To the nines "To the nine" is an English idiom meaning "to perfection" or "to the highest degree" or to dress "buoyantly and high class". In modern English usage, the phrase most commonly appears as "dressed to the nine" or "dressed up to the nine". The phrase is said to be Scots in origin. The earliest written example of the phrase is from the 1719 "Epistle to Ramsay" by the Scottish poet William Hamilton: <poem style="margin-left: 2em;">The bonny Lines therein thou sent me, How to the nines they did content me. </poem> Robert Burns' "Poem on Pastoral Poetry", published posthumously title: Wiltshire Regiment text: nicknames with them when the regiments were amalgamated in 1881. During its time as a separate regiment, the 99th Foot was known for the smartness of its drill. This earned it an assignment guarding Queen Victoria's pavilion during a tour of duty at Osbourne House, Isle of Wight in 1858. As a result, the 99th became known as the "Queen's Pets". It is also said that the expression "dressed to the nines" originated as a reference to the 99th. As part of their drill, their uniforms were kept in immaculate condition, which other regiments attempted to emulate, or dressing to title: To the Nines (novel) text: accident). She's got all the normal concerns in life: the rent, her family, men; yet all of her concerns are topped by the minor fact that someone is usually trying to kill her. The title appears to come from the common phrase, 'dressed to the nines'. Stephanie's cousin and boss, Vinnie, has written the visa bond for Samuel Singh, an Indian immigrant working temporarily in New Jersey. Now he has gone missing, and his landlord, Mrs. Apusenja, insists that Vinnie track him down. She claims Singh is engaged to her daughter, Nonnie, but Nonnie appears more concerned for her dog, title: Marina Orlova (YouTuber) text: music bands, and the YouTube account Hotforwords was registered. The first video posted was "Intro to Philology ;-)" on 7 March 2007. Orlova said this was at a time when "everybody was uploading cleavage." The theme of Orlova's website and YouTube videos, which begin with the tagline "Intelligence is Sexy," is tracing the origins of English words. Some of her entries focus on everyday words such as "irony" and "OK," while others address lengthy and rarely used words such as "floccinaucinihilipilification" and "antidisestablishmentarianism." Some entries also address idioms, including "let the cat out of the bag," "dressed to the nines," title: The whole nine yards text: is from 1907 in Southern Indiana. The phrase is related to the expression "the whole six yards", used around the same time in Kentucky and South Carolina. Both phrases are variations on "the whole ball of wax", first recorded in the 1880s. They are part of a family of expressions in which an odd-sounding item, such as "enchilada", "shooting match", "shebang" or "hog", is substituted for "ball of wax". The choice of the number nine may be related to the expression "To the nines" (to perfection). Use of the phrase became widespread in the 1980s and 1990s. Much of the