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https://www.distractify.com/p/what-does-8647-mean
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Like numerology, I guess?
It's used in restaurants often (in the U.S.). If you are out of the chicken dish, for instance, a chef may say "86 the chicken" to a server to make sure they inform anyone before they place an order for it.
Source: worked in restaurants for several years.
Or being 86ed from a bar means you're no longer welcome there.
86 used in that context is pretty common in my neck of the woods.
Fair, I never heard it in England
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/86#English
So seems like 20th century American slang. TIL.