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Corruption of nice as ninepins, from the neat and precise ordering of the skittles in the game of ninepins.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
nice as ninepence
Today it means: Perfectly all right; fine. Full definition →
Today it means: Perfectly all right; fine. Full definition →
Corruption of nice as ninepins, from the neat and precise ordering of the skittles in the game of ninepins.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.