peacherino
Americannoun
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peacherinos
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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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All the same, I’ve raked in this peacherino.
From Into the Primitive by Robert Ames Bennett
"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 William MacLeod Raine
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 George Randolph Chester
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 Allen Chapman
Oh boy, it's going to be a peacherino!
From Roy Blakeley by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
"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 Hugh McHugh
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