

Wow! Finally my PhD. research has a purpose.
The phrase initially appeared in American restaurant kitchens during the
thirties, meaning "we're out of something", and was later reappropriated into
bars, meaning what you described above. I think the relationship between this
slide is pretty self evident.
As to the origin of the phrase, the theory goes that it is cockney rhyming
slang (like "apples and pears" equals stairs, or "dog and bone" means phone),
and was intended to rhyme with "nix" meaning, of course, "nothing".
As with most good things, the phrase initially began this side of the Atlantic
wink.
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