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86 (term)

Eighty-six or 86 is American English slang term originating in the hospitality industry, especially food or drinks establishments, meaning that an item is no longer available, or that a person is not welcome on the premises. Its etymology is unknown, but it seems to have been coined in the 1920s or 1930s.

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86 (term)

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Avg. degree1.98
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86 slang term also used song code customer 86'd trump eighty-six american meaning item longer noun 47 etymology article bar

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95 for a customer leaving without paying.The author Jef Klein theorized that the bar Chumley's at 86 Bedford Street in the West Village in Lower Manhattan was the sourceinstance ofProfessor Harold Bentley of Columbia University studied soda jerk jargon and reported other numeric codes0.80text

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