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Definition of Eighty-six
1. Adjective. Being six more than eighty.
Definition of Eighty-six
1. Cardinal numeral. The cardinal number immediately following eighty-five and preceding eighty-seven. ¹
2. Verb. (colloquial) To cancel an order for food. ¹
3. Verb. (colloquial) To remove an item from the menu. ¹
4. Verb. (colloquial) To remove or eject, as a disruptive customer ¹
5. Verb. (colloquial) To throw out; discard. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eighty-six
Literary usage of Eighty-six
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"... ffn dollar* unpaid tax was also received by petitioners, leaving the indebtedness
eighty-one thousand four hundred and eighty-six ,»„«„' dollars. ..."
2. Colonial Records of Pennsylvania by Samuel Hazard (1853)
"... north eighty-six degrees, west ninety-two ... south eighty-six degrees and a
quarter, west eighty-seven ..."
3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1868)
"By MARCUS KEANE, MRIA With one hundred and eighty-six Illustrations. 4to. Dublin:
1867. 3. The Cathedral, or Abbey Church of Iona. By the Messrs. ..."
4. The Life of James McNeill Whistler by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Joseph Pennell (1908)
"THE YEARS EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-FOUR TO EIGHTEEN EIGHTY- SIX IN the autumn of 1884,
Whistler joined the Society of British Artists. Years later, once, when a ..."
5. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1850)
"On the county of Twiggs, eight hundred eighty-six dollars and fifty- ... On the
parish of Ascension, six hundred thirty-seven dollars eighty- six cents. ..."
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