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eighty-six

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Etymology

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.

  1. inherited from *swéḱs✻
  2. inherited from *sehs✻
  3. inherited from *sehs✻
  4. inherited from six
  5. inherited from six
  6. formed as eighty-six — “eighty + six”

Definitions

  1. The cardinal number immediately following eighty-five and preceding eighty-seven.

  2. Alternative form of 86.

    • Equipment on a warship set to be upgraded or disposed of was given the code AT-6, or phonetically “eighty-six”.

The neighborhood

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