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Definition of "eighty-six" []

  • Slang To refuse to serve (an unwelcome customer) at a bar or restaurant. (verb-transitive)
  • To throw out; eject. (verb-transitive)
  • To throw away; discard. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "eighty-six" in a sentence
  • "The completed design uses eighty-six containers of various sizes that were retrofitted into bedrooms and bolted together onsite."
  • "I wish I could have gone but, honestly, at eighty-six that man wears me out."
  • "Hennie Comfort is eighty-six and has lived in the mountains of Middle Swan, Colorado since before it was Colorado."