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#1 Parent Robin Day B.Sc. MSc. B.Ed. - 2006-06-18
Bird with Big Eyes - Teachers Discussion

Brother Owl, Robin bird here again: How about Poly Anna and mamby pamby? Any idea where the heck those expressions came from originally?

#2 Parent The Owl - 2006-06-13
Up do the nines - Teachers Discussion *Link*

Somes ideas at http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-nin1.htm

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-nin1.htm
Robin Day B.Sc. MSc. B.Ed. - 2006-06-13
Dressed up to the nines?

Sombody just played a bit from the musical Evita and the phrase "dressed up to the nines" stuck in my mind. Does anybody know the origin of that expression? My mother used it so it is not recent.

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