rhino
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
rhino (plural rhinos)
- (colloquial) A rhinoceros.
- French: rhino
- Italian: rinoceronte
rhino (uncountable)
- (slang, archaic) money
- 1835, Frederick Marryat, The Pacha of Many Tales
- There I fell in with Betsy, and as she proved a regular out and outer, I spliced her, and a famous wedding we had of it, as long as the rhino lasted.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops
- --Here you are, says Alf, chucking out the rhino. Talking about hanging, I'll show you something you never saw
- 1835, Frederick Marryat, The Pacha of Many Tales
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