807

English

Etymology

In reference to the shape of the 807 vacuum tube.

Noun

807 (plural 807s)

1. (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.