807
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Etymology
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In reference to the shape of the
807 vacuum tube
.
Noun
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807
(
plural
807s
)
(
Ham radio
slang
)
A
bottle
of
beer
.
1978
,
73 Amateur Radio
, page
103
:
Also, he was low on beer money and, anyway, we'd scoff and wouldn't believe him. Well, this was a pretty obvious come-on, but I reckoned that a good story was worth the price of a couple of
807s
.
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