elephants
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of elephants
C20: shortened from elephant's trunk, rhyming slang for drunk
Example Sentences
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Nearly a year after the Los Angeles Zoo shipped off Billy and Tina to Oklahoma, animal rights activists have kept up the call to move the elephants to a sanctuary.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Zoo, however, has long defended the care provided to its elephants and did not cite health reasons for Billy’s and Tina’s relocation in 2025.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
The Brazilian Uberabatitan and the Argentine Neuquensaurus were roughly the size of modern elephants.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
"In Wayanad, going into the plantation at night is risky. We have snakes, wild boars, sometimes even leopards and elephants," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
The waves are as big as elephants during the rainy season, said Crocodile Guts from his soft bed in the njuzu village.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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