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

[Stephen Goranson]

Maybe relevant, no eighty, no diner, but slightly earlier, with an explicit
nix.

On being offered employment, pay by the week, in dollars.

"Will you come for six?"
"Nix, decidedly nix."

Rock Island [Employees] Magazine v.15 no 1, January, 1920, 6/2.

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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Rock_Island_Employes_Magazine/W3enjFQUv9UC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=eighty-six+nix+%22no+more%22&pg=PA6&printsec=frontcover

On Sat, May 2, 2026 at 10:13 AM dave at wilton.net <dave at wilton.net> wrote:

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> The OED has a 1920 citation that appears to be authentic. (Entry last
> modified June 2025).
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> “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
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> 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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