eighty-six

or 86

[ ey-tee-siks ]

/ ˈeɪ tiˈsɪks /

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noun

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.

adjective

amounting to 86 in number.

Slang. sold out; out of stock.

verb (used with object) Slang.

to refuse to serve (an undesirable or unwelcome customer) at a bar or restaurant.

to reject; discard.

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Origin of eighty-six

First recorded in 1930–35, as slang term in bars and restaurants; sense “refuse” perhaps as rhyming slang for nix¹

Words nearby eighty-six

eighty-ninth, eighty-one, eighty-second, eighty-seven, eighty-seventh, eighty-six, eighty-sixth, eighty-third, eighty-three, eighty-two, Eijkman

How to use eighty-six in a sentence

Thirty-six percent were in favor and 38 percent were opposed.
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I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
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About this time the famous Philippine painter, Juan Luna (vide p. 195), was released after six monthsʼ imprisonment as a suspect.
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We had six field-pieces, but we only took four, harnessed wit twice the usual number of horses.
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The Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.
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