pink elephants
any of various visual hallucinations sometimes experienced as a withdrawal symptom after sustained alcoholic drinking.
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How to use pink elephants in a sentence
In Venusport, on payday-night, it is difficult to tell for certain where the town leaves off and the pink elephants begin.
Shock Treatment | Stanley MullenHe had better cut out those visits to the river resorts, or next he would be seeing pink elephants climbing trees.
The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories | Charles Weathers Bump"I'd believe ye sooner if ye said ye saw pink elephants," said Jarrow.
Isle o' Dreams | Frederick F. Moore"If you're a mahout for pink elephants, I don't want to see you," I said.
The Chameleon Man | William P. McGivernYou saw a cricket that big and this Gurlone feller took a couple of pink elephants out of his pocket to pay the check.
British Dictionary definitions for pink elephants
a facetious name applied to hallucinations caused by drunkenness
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