English Explanatory Dictionary

four-and-nine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cheap hat.

Word forms

four-and-nine four-and-nines

Etymology

From the price of four shillings and ninepence, at which a once noted advertising hat-maker sold his hats.

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