What does it mean by "dressed to the nines"?



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it means dressed up or dressed nicley. and i luv that song!!
fancy.
It means that you are dressed up as "dressed-up" as humanly possible from your feet to the top of your head. On a scale of 10, dressed to the 9s would be a 9.99!
You'll know it if you see it!
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Think blue suit, white necktie and breeches , leather boots, and a golden monocle. In other words, fancy.
Really fancy, put together

One very persistent theory is that the British Army’s 99th Regiment of Foot were renowned for their smartness, so much so that the other regiments based with them at Aldershot were constantly trying to emulate them — to equal “the nines”. The big problem with this theory is that the story dates from the 1850s, and the phrase is older.

Other attempts at explanation connect it with the nine Muses, or with the mystic number nine, or even perhaps reaching a standard of nine on a scale of one to ten — not perfect, but doing very well.

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