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eighty-six

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English

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English numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: eighty-six
    Ordinal: eighty-sixth
    Abbreviated ordinal: 86th
    Adverbial: eighty-six times

Etymology 1

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Numeral

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eighty-six

  1. The cardinal number immediately following eighty-five and preceding eighty-seven.
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Etymology 2

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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)

Verb

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eighty-six (third-person singular simple present eighty-sixes, present participle eighty-sixing, simple past and past participle eighty-sixed)

  1. Alternative form of 86
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