1954, The Folk Dancer, volumes 1–3, page 34:In the ninesome reel the dance is fully organized; i.e. there is no arbitrary change of partner, and quite sophisticated dance-figures occur.
2008, Stephen Clarkson, Does North America Exist?: Governing the Continent After NAFTA and 9/11, page 441:On that day, representatives from each country's business community presented their fifty-one detailed recommendations to an impressive trinational ninesome.