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To the nth degree

Posted by James Maiewski on April 09, 2007

In re: "dressed to the nines." When I read that it was first seen as a translation, and that the translated phrase was "to the nine degree," I immediately thought of "to the nth degree." When was this phrase coined? was it in use in France?

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