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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | 281 words | Copyright

whole the whole nine yards everything possible or available. Recorded (unexplained) from the late 20th century, but compare to the nines at nine.

See also a whole new ball game, go the whole hog, the whole megillah at Megillah, the whole shooting match, the truth, the whole truth.

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