86

86
adjective
being six more than eighty
Syn: ↑eighty-six, ↑lxxxvi
Similar to: ↑cardinal

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transitive verb
see eighty-six IV

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eight|y-six «AY tee SIHKS», or 86, transitive verb, -sixed, -six|ing or 86'd, 86'ing.
U.S. Slang. to refuse to serve (a customer).
[originally rhyming slang for nix, used in the jargon of cooks and waiters to indicate that there is nothing left of an item ordered from the menu]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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