whole nine yards

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yard definition


  1. n.
    a one-hundred-dollar bill. (Underworld.) : The guy wanted a yard just to fix a little dent in the fender.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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