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807
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English
Etymology
In reference to the shape of the 807 (vacuum tube) 807 vacuum tube.
Noun
en Ham radio _ slang A bottle of beer.
en 1978 73 Amateur Radio 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.