rogue elephant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rogue elephant
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Gage provides proof that Hoover was no rogue elephant, acting entirely on his own.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2022
That great hit song was something of a beautiful rogue elephant who, after escaping from the zoo, remained hidden in the Hollywood Hills somewhere near Argyle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2021
The rogue elephant was spotted Thursday with a drone in the Kankata Reserve, Northeast Now reports.
From Fox News ● Nov. 1, 2019
Arensberg promptly revised the description to “that rogue elephant in porcelain,” in view of Stevens’s social ineptitude.
From The New Yorker ● May 2, 2016
It was evidently a rogue elephant, an ill-tempered brute who had been driven from the herd to spend a solitary existence.
From Adventures in Africa By an African Trader by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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