peacherino

American  

[pee-chuh-ree-noh] / ˌpi tʃəˈri noʊ /

noun

Informal: Older Use.

• peacherinos
  plural

1. peach.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• 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

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peacherino peacherinos

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

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

From Into the Primitive by Bennett, Robert Ames

"Say, ain't he a peacherino, Mr. Sedgwick," whispered my young hopeful.

From The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure by Raine, William MacLeod

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

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

From Roy Blakeley by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese

"Here are some more peacherinos," Dave went on, relentlessly, "here is 'Golf Player' out of 'Business' by 'Mosquito,' and here's another good one, 'Eternal Daylights' out of 'Russia' by 'Japan'—like 'em?"

From Get Next! by McHugh, Hugh