| 1. | a cardinal number, 80 plus 6. |
| 2. | a symbol for this number, as 86 or LXXXVI. |
| 3. | a set of this many persons or things. |
| 4. | Slang. a customer considered undesirable or unwelcome and refused service at a bar or restaurant. |
| 5. | amounting to 86 in number. |
| 6. | Slang. sold out; out of stock. |
| 7. | to refuse to serve (an undesirable or unwelcome customer) at a bar or restaurant. |
| 8. | to reject; discard. |
| 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
[Perhaps after Chumley's bar and restaurant at 86 Bedford Street in Greenwich Village, New York City.] |
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eighty-six
and 86
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