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91Barn-Yards — BARN YARDS, a village, in the parish of Kilconquhar, district of St. Andrew s, county of Fife; containing 232 inhabitants. It adjoins the village of Kilconquhar, which lies to the north of Elie, and of which, although it retains a separate… …
92Camden Yards — Baseball stadium, home of Baltimore Orioles; formally it is Oriole Park at Camden Yards …
93whole nine yards — by 1970, of unknown origin; perhaps arbitrary (Cf. CLOUD NINE (Cf. cloud nine)). Among the guesses that have been made without real evidence: concrete mixer trucks were said to have dispensed in this amount. Or the yard may be in the slang sense… …
94whole nine yards — (Informal) everything possible (Usage ex: They renovated the whole house from start to finish, the whole nine yards.) …
95the whole nine yards — including all the work, doing the whole job, the whole ball of wax My goals include a degree, career, marriage, children the whole nine yards …
96The Yards — Drame de James Gray, avec Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phœnix, Charlize Theron, James Caan, Ellen Burstyn. Pays: États Unis Date de sortie: 2000 Technique: couleurs Durée: 1 h 55 Résumé À sa sortie de prison, Leo Handler est bien… …
97the whole nine yards informal, — the whole nine yards informal, chiefly N. Amer. everything possible or available. → whole …
98go the whole nine yards — American, informal to continue doing something dangerous or difficult until it is finished. The weather was terrible but I wanted to go the whole nine yards and get to the top of the mountain …
99(the) whole nine yards — American, informal the whole of something, including everything that is connected with it. When I eat Mexican food, I like to have fajitas, bean dip, guacamole the whole nine yards …
100full nine yards — Phrs. The complete amount. Less common variation on the whole nine yards . Much speculation as to its origins but essentially unknown. Orig. U.S …
