maybe i've been too sheltered but i confess, i never heard that expression up here before (other numbers, yes) so i've been doing some Fowlesing-around (aka, performing meticulous online research) and now i follow:
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eight·y-six or 86 (t-sks)
tr.v. Slang eight·y-sixed, or 86·ed eight·y-six·ing, or 86·ing eight·y-six·es or 86·es
To refuse to serve (an unwelcome customer) at a bar or restaurant.
To throw out; eject.
To throw away; discard.
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[Perhaps after Chumley's bar and restaurant at 86 Bedford Street in Greenwich Village, New York City.]
hmm, we need paul harvey to give us the rest of that story!
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