nine days' wonder
Example Sentences
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IT was the morning of the 15th of January, and already Godfrey Pavely's disappearance had excited more than the proverbial nine days' wonder.
From Love and hatred by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
At the college it was a nine days' wonder, but I let them wonder.
From In Accordance with the Evidence by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
It was a nine days' wonder in the neighbourhood, and the oddities of Hawthorn were held to be dangerous by the squires, while farmers cursed him for his liberality.
From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Wilson, Alexander Johnstone
—Did any particular circumstance give rise to the saying, "A nine days' wonder?"
A few of the smaller chieftains, like this Saxon Oswald, held their ground and fought it out; but it was a nine days' wonder, and nothing more.
From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John
