as nice as ninepence

as nice as ninepence
Meaning
Origin
Derived from 'as nice as nine pins'. In the game of nine pins the pins are set out in a square. The players insist on this being done accurately, or in old parlance, nicely.
ref:
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 15th edition.

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