Etymology

eighty-six

Today it means: The cardinal number immediately following eighty-five and preceding eighty-seven. Full definition →

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eighty-six · numeral1

From eighty + six.

eighty-six · verb2

Unknown for certain. Possibly rhyming slang for nix (“cancel, say no to”) (given by the OED), or possibly part of a code of such numbers created in the 1920s. See also: Wikipedia:86 (term) and 86.

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