86

eight·y-six or 86 (t-sks)

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.

2.

a. To throw out; eject.

b. To throw away; discard.

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[Perhaps after Chumley's bar and restaurant at 86 Bedford Street in Greenwich Village, New York City.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

86 - being six more than eighty eighty-six, lxxxvi cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"