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eighty-six - 2 dictionary results

eight⋅y-six

  [ey-tee-siks]
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–noun
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.
–adjective
5. amounting to 86 in number.
6. Slang. sold out; out of stock.
–verb (used with object) Slang.
7. to refuse to serve (an undesirable or unwelcome customer) at a bar or restaurant.
8. to reject; discard.
Origin:
1960–65, for def. 7; sense “refuse” perh. as rhyming slang for nix 1
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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
  1. 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.]
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