Review of The Whole Nine Yards (2000) by Amulet — 19 Apr 2021
The whole nine yards phrase is from the 13th century, it is a bolt of fabric or 9 yards..when a monk would be walking up to purchase a monks habit, the tailor would say "Here comes the whole nine yards.
" As , it took 9 yards of fabric to create the monks habit, hence the term, the whole nine yards. That's one explanation. Others include the use of cloth for saris, kilts, and burial shrouds. Another uses it in the sense of cubic yards of concrete, and another from the length of a machine gun belt from a British Vickers machine gun.
But no use has been traced to any time before about 1850.
This review of The Whole Nine Yards (2000) was written by Amulet on 19 Apr 2021.
The Whole Nine Yards has generally received positive reviews.
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