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View synonyms for pink elephants
pink elephants
plural noun
- any of various visual hallucinations sometimes experienced as a withdrawal symptom after sustained alcoholic drinking.
pink elephants
plural noun
- a facetious name applied to hallucinations caused by drunkenness
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pink elephants1
First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences
In Venusport, on payday-night, it is difficult to tell for certain where the town leaves off and the pink elephants begin.
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He had better cut out those visits to the river resorts, or next he would be seeing pink elephants climbing trees.
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"I'd believe ye sooner if ye said ye saw pink elephants," said Jarrow.
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"If you're a mahout for pink elephants, I don't want to see you," I said.
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You saw a cricket that big and this Gurlone feller took a couple of pink elephants out of his pocket to pay the check.
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