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six noun- a lookout during a crime US
- On that job I was “keeping six.” That’s a safecracker’s code for someone who is assigned to watch at a window for cops or to check out and deactivate any alarm system that might screw up the job. — Thomas Renner and Cecil Kirby, Mafia Enforcer, p. 38, 1987
- a six-pack of a beverage US
- Gimme a 6 of Diet Cokes and 6 of Budweiser. — The Bad Lieutenant, 1992
- a six-fluid-ounce glass of beer AUSTRALIA
- What do we call them? Fours, sixes and eights. — John O’Grady, It’s Your Shout, Mate!, p. 56, 1972
- a unit commander US
- Roger that, Six, but the doc says he’s in pretty bad shape. — Charles Anderson, The Grunts, p. 45, 1976
- Six says torch this place! — Platoon, 1986
▶ behind the six without funds US- — Albert H. Morehead, The Complete Guide to Winning Poker, p. 256, 1967
▶ on your six assuring your safety from a rear position US From positions as described by a clock.- — Austin Bay, Embrace the Suck, p. 34, 2007
▶ take six to re-enlist in the military for six years US- — Carl Fleischhauer, A Glossary of Army Slang, p. 20, 1968
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