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Meaning of one and nines | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Cheap seats in a theatre, costing one shilling and nine pence.

UK, historical, plural, plural-only

Examples

“When Tomorrow Comes was probably some sort of weepy love story which always got him laughing like a drain, often leading to his physical removal from the one and nines.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

one and one one and only one and out one and the same one another one at a time