four-and-nine

Etymology
From the price of four shillings and ninepence, at which a once noted advertising hat-maker sold his hats.

Noun

 * 1)  A cheap hat.
 * 2) * 1850, William Mark Clark, Clark's Orphean Warbler (page 424): Four and Nine Tile (song)
 * Around me young and old, / Take this advice of mine, / When you want a hat, / Don't buy a four and nine.