peacherino

[ pee-chuh-ree-noh ]

noun,plural peach·er·i·nos.Informal: Older Use.

Origin of peacherino

First recorded in 1895–1900; peach¹ + -erino, alteration of -eroo, after Spanish or Italian words ending in -ino

I shall wake up in a minute or two and find myself in a hospital with a peacherino of a trained nurse smoothing 'me piller.'
T. Tembarom | Frances Hodgson Burnett
Well, it just proves this new thing is a peacherino, declared Tom.
The Radio Detectives | A. Hyatt Verrill
"Say, ain't he a peacherino, Mr. Sedgwick," whispered my young hopeful.
The Pirate of Panama | William MacLeod Raine
He's certainly down on the fair sex, even such a peacherino as this one.
The Crux | Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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.
Young Wallingford | George Randolph Chester

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