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[ ey-tee-siks ] / ˈeɪ tiˈsɪks / SEE SYNONYMS FOR eighty-six ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna cardinal number, 80 plus 6. a symbol for this number, as 86 or LXXXVI. a set of this many persons or things. Slang. a customer considered undesirable or unwelcome and refused service at a bar or restaurant. adjectiveamounting to 86 in number. Slang. sold out; out of stock. verb (used with object) Slang.to refuse to serve (an undesirable or unwelcome customer) at a bar or restaurant. to reject; discard. Origin of eighty-six1960–65, for def. 7; sense “refuse” perhaps as rhyming slang for nix1 Words nearby eighty-sixeighty-ninth, eighty-one, eighty-second, eighty-seven, eighty-seventh, eighty-six, eighty-sixth, eighty-third, eighty-three, eighty-two, Eijkman Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for eighty-sixI tell myself not to feel bad because my life expectancy is eighty-six, which means I have nineteen more years of life. Diane Keaton Refuses to Give In to Aging|Diane Keaton|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Eighty-six percent of them had been catcalled on the street, and 36 percent said it happened daily. Apps and Online Programs Offer New Ways to Report Street Harassment|Tessa Miller|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Eighty-six percent of stocks in the "Sold in the USA" portfolio offer juicy dividends, yielding on average 2.7 percent. 'Sold in the USA' Stocks Beating S&P 500|CNBC|May 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST Eighty-six people are dying each day from gun violence including eight children; and 3,000 people since Newtown. Jim Wallis on the Common Good|Joshua DuBois|April 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Eighty-six of the escapees were serving federal sentences or were awaiting trial for federal offences. Convicts Hunted After Mexican Prison Break Near Border|Christine Pelisek|September 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST Eighty-six years later came another 19th of April, also famous. The Trial of Theodore Parker|Theodore Parker The whole number, including non-commissioned officers and men, amounted to one thousand and eighty-six. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America|J. P. MacLean But eighty-six years are a heavy load on the shoulders even of a giant. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V.|Various He is eighty-six years old, and his manners and appearance were dignified in the extreme. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3)|John Morley I have now before me a list of eighty-six assumptions of this sort in the Origin of Species alone. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith|Robert Patterson
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