peacherino

[ pee-chuh-ree-noh ]

noun

, Informal: Older Use.

, plural peach·er·i·nos.

1. peach ¹( def 4 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of peacherino¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; peach ¹ + -erino, alteration of -eroo, after Spanish or Italian words ending in -ino

Example Sentences

I shall wake up in a minute or two and find myself in a hospital with a peacherino of a trained nurse smoothing 'me piller.'

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Well, it just proves this new thing is a peacherino, declared Tom.

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

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He's certainly down on the fair sex, even such a peacherino as this one.

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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.

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