one and nines

noun

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

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Meanings

nounone and nines pl (plural only)
  1. UKhistoricalpluralplural onlyCheap seats in a theatre, costing one shilling and nine pence.

    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.

    2013, Tom Davies, Polly Garter's War
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Chicago

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