86

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eight·y-six or 86 (ā'tē-sĭks')
tr.v. eight·y-sixed or 86·ed, eight·y-six·ing or 86·ing, eight·y-six·es or 86·es Slang

To refuse to serve (an unwelcome customer) at a bar or restaurant.
1. To throw out; eject.
2. To throw away; discard.

[Perhaps after Chumley's bar and restaurant at 86 Bedford Street in Greenwich Village, New York City.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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eighty-six

and 86

tv.
to dispose of someone or something; to nix someone or something. : He wants $400? Eighty-six that! We can't afford it.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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