peacherino

American  

[pee-chuh-ree-noh] / ˌpi tʃəˈri noʊ /

noun

Informal: Older Use.

peacherinos plural

1. peach.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• peacherinos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of peacherino

First recorded in 1895–1900; peach ¹ + -erino, alteration of -eroo, after Spanish or Italian words ending in -ino

Example Sentences

Well, now, Plant has a drag with Chairman Gay; don't know what it is, but it's a good one, a peacherino.

From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward

Then the fellow called Bill, said: “You amble up to the peacherino on the outside, whiles I take to the inside one, Andy.”

From Polly in New York by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

All the same, I’ve raked in this peacherino.

From Into the Primitive by Bennett, Robert Ames

Oh boy, it's going to be a peacherino!

From Roy Blakeley by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese

This peacherino has been under cover throughout the meeting, but to-morrow it will be ripe and you want to get in on the killing.

From Young Wallingford by Chester, George Randolph