[Dixielandjazz] Getting 86-ed

[loerchen2 at aol.com]

Here's one theory of how the term came into use.  And you can probably bet that Chumley's had a jazz band!

"Many years ago, Chumley's Restaurant, at 86 Bedford Street in Greenwich Village, New York City, had a custom of throwing rowdy customers out the back door. During Prohibition, Chumley's was a speakeasy owned by Leland Stanford Chumley. When the cops were on the way, someone would shout "86," and they would all exit through the back door."

Sue

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