peacherino

American  

[pee-chuh-ree-noh] / ˌpi tʃəˈri noʊ /

noun

Informal: Older Use.

plural

peacherinos

1. peach.

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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

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

If a feller calls you 'childie' or 'sweet lamb' or tells you you're the peacherino in the peach basket, don't you answer back, but just smile and wend your ways.

From Winnie Childs The Shop Girl by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

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

From Into the Primitive by Bennett, Robert Ames

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

Why, here’s a joke I thought up just the other day, and I don’t mind admitting that it’s a pippin, not to say peacherino.

From The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room by Chapman, Allen