eighty-six

1. To refuse to serve (an unwelcome customer) at a bar or restaurant.
2. 1. To throw out; eject.
   2. To throw away; discard.

[Perhaps after Chumley's bar and restaurant at 86 Bedford Street in Greenwich Village, New York City.]

(AY-tee SIKS)
verb tr., also 86

1. To throw out; discard; reject.

2. To refuse to serve (a customer).
adjective
Sold-out (of an item).
noun
An undesirable customer, one who is denied service.

[Perhaps rhyming slang for nix.]

Usage:

"He says the show will go on next month, though scheduling conflicts may move it to another hotel and the band may be eighty-sixed." — Zan Dubin; Clubs in and Around Orange County; The Los Angeles Times; Jun 19, 1997.

"David enlists the help of his friend Richard Lewis to buy a bracelet for his wife from a jewelry store that 86ed him." — Melanie McFarland; `Curb' Built on `Seinfeld' Legacy; The Seattle Times; Oct 13, 2000.

Restaurant slang for being out of a menu item, such as "86 the lamp chops."

To throw away or get rid of something. From the number of the form originally used to remove an item from a stock record.

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