Definitions for eighty-six
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
eight′y-six′*(v.t.)
to refuse to serve (a customer) at a bar or restaurant.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Status (usage)
to reject; discard.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Status (usage)
* Slang..
Origin of eighty-six:
1960–65
Princeton's WordNet
eighty-six, 86, lxxxvi(adj)
being six more than eighty
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