Four-and-nine

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cheap hat. UK, obsolete, slang

    "Around me young and old, / Take this advice of mine, / When you want a hat, / Don't buy a four and nine."

Example

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"Around me young and old, / Take this advice of mine, / When you want a hat, / Don't buy a four and nine."

Etymology

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

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