I served a huge Thanksgiving dinner: turkey, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie—'the whole nine yards'. [=all the foods that are traditionally served for Thanksgiving dinner]
If we're going to replace the cabinets, we might as well 'go the whole nine yards' [=do everything that there is to do] and remodel the entire kitchen.
a rail 'yard' [=a place where railroad cars are kept and repaired]
(..) How you doing, Travis? - You got a. magnum? - It's an expensive weapon. That's all right. I got money. It's a real monster. It will stop a car at yards. Put a round right through the engine block. Here you go. It's a premium, high-resale weapon. Look at that. That's a beauty. (..)1976 Taxi Driver