nine days' wonder
Example Sentences
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The ice carnival and John's escape were a nine days' wonder.
From Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary
A bird and a woman lent him those wings, and his daring flight was a nine days' wonder at the fort.
From Spinning-Wheel Stories by Alcott, Louisa May
The duel between Sir Maxwell Danby and Leslie Travers was a nine days' wonder.
From Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days by Marshall, Emma
She knows we wouldn't go round at school making a nine days' wonder of it.
From Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)
—Did any particular circumstance give rise to the saying, "A nine days' wonder?"
