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eighty-six; eight-six
verb
to eject; to bar from entry US, 1955- The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board eighty-sixed two Ninth St. grog centers yesterday–cut off their taps. — Washington Post, p. M1, 1 February 1948
- — Francis J. Rigney and L. Douglas Smith, The Real Bohemia, p. xiv, 1961
- “Shut your nelly mouth, Mary,” said the Negro queen–“or I’ll have you eight-sixed out of this bar[.]” — John Rechy, City of Night, p. 186, 1963
- Another journalist was eighty-sixed for being too sympathetic. — Hunter S. Thompson, Hell’s Angels, p. 201, 1966
- Hey, I been eighty-sixed out of better situations’n that. — George V. Higgins, The Rat on Fire, p. 77, 1981
- Getting eightysixed from the methadone program was every client’s nightmare. — Seth Morgan, Homeboy, p. 188, 1990
- He’s half in the bag and nobody told him he was eight-sixed from the joint[.] — Casino, 1995
- The sign said: “Two Blonde Girls–86’d”. 86 is slang for throwing an undesirable out of a bar or club and permanently banning them. — Jennifer Blowdryer, White Trash Debutante, p. 48, 1997
- Fortunately, I had enough native intelligence not to completely eighty-six the Oxbridge [accent]. — Mick Farren, Give the Anarchist a Cigarette, p. 16, 2001
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