[Ads-l] "Eighty-six" (1929)

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The OED has a 1920 citation that appears to be authentic. (Entry last modified June 2025).
 
“Snap Shots.” Topeka Daily State Journal (Kansas), 22 October 1920, 6/4. Library of Congress: Chronicling America. [ https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82016014/1920-10-22/ed-1/?sp=6&r=-0.089,-0.186,0.985,0.588,0 ]( https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82016014/1920-10-22/ed-1/?sp=6&r=-0.089,-0.186,0.985,0.588,0 )
 
 

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