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The Nine Tailors of the book's title are taken from the old saying "Nine Tailors Make a Man", which Sayers quotes at the end of the novel. As explained by John Shand in his 1936 Spectator article The Bellringers' Art, "'Nine Tailors' means the nine strokes which at the beginning of the toll for the dead announce to the villagers that a man is ...
Never reveal a man's wage, and woman's age; Never speak ill of the dead; Never say die; Never say never [21] Never tell tales out of school; Never too old to learn; Nine tailors make a man, No friends but the mountains [22] No guts, no glory; No man can serve two masters; No man is an island; No names, no pack-drill; No news is good news
A tailor is a person who makes or alters clothing, particularly in men's clothing. [1] ... A common saying at the time was "Nine tailors make a man". [7]
In The Nine Tailors Bunter becomes upset after a maid is caught polishing a beer bottle taken as evidence. [5] In Busman's Honeymoon , he becomes furious when Mrs Ruddle stands all the bottles upright and washes them.
Designer Thom Browne Talks Humble L.A. Beginnings, Hollywood Ambitions and His Prestige Doc ‘The Man Who Tailors Dreams’ Matt Donnelly November 20, 2024 at 2:46 PM
After a pause the years were counted out at approximately half minute intervals. The word "teller" in some dialects becomes "tailor, hence the old saying "Nine tailors maketh a man". The bell used in the novel for the announcement is the largest (tenor) bell which is dedicated to St. Paul. Hence "teller Paul" or in dialect "tailor Paul".
1) Touch your taint. If you haven’t already been introduced, meet your taint—or your perineum, if we’re getting technical.It’s the strip of skin between your balls and your butt, and it ...
The short story "The Man with No Face" was dramatised by Audrey Lucas for the Home Service Saturday-Night Theatre play, broadcast on 3 April 1943 with Robert Holmes in the lead role. [15] A four-part adaptation of The Nine Tailors adapted by Giles Cooper and starring Alan Wheatley as Wimsey was broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August ...