eighty-six
or 86
a cardinal number, 80 plus 6.
a symbol for this number, as 86 or LXXXVI.
a set of this many persons or things.
Slang. a customer considered undesirable or unwelcome and refused service at a bar or restaurant.
amounting to 86 in number.
Slang. sold out; out of stock.
to refuse to serve (an undesirable or unwelcome customer) at a bar or restaurant.
to reject; discard.
Origin of eighty-six
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How to use eighty-six in a sentence
I now hand you another group of bullets, marked Q-82 through Q-86.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyI now hand you another group of bullets marked Q-82 through Q-86, and with certain other markings on them.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThe composition must therefore be reckoned as an-86- elaborate compliment from Firenzuola to the fair sex of Prato.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature | John Addington SymondsDante, who lived until maturity within sight of his bel-86- San Giovanni, grew up a Florentine in core and fiber.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature | John Addington SymondsPage i-86, dare changed to dared (nobody dared go near her).
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