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nine days' wonder
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nine days' wonder
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nine days' wonder
noun
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nine day wonder
nine days' wonder
noun
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nine day wonder
Learner's definition of NINE DAYS' WONDER
[
singular
]
chiefly British, somewhat old-fashioned
:
something (such as a news story) that people talk about a lot but only for a short time
She left her husband and ran away with a younger man. It was a
nine days' wonder
.
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