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Webster 1913 Edition
Rhino
Rhi-no
,Noun.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
Gold and silver, or money.
[Cant]
W. Wagstaffe.
As long as the
rhino
lasted. Marryat.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rhino
RHI'NO
,Noun.
Definition 2024
rhino
rhino
See also: rhino-
English
Pronunciation
Noun
rhino (plural rhinos)
- Short form of rhinoceros.
Translations
short form of rhinoceros
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Etymology 2
Unknown
Noun
rhino (uncountable)
- (slang, archaic) money
- 1835, Frederick Marryat, The Pacha of Many Tales
- There I fell in with Betsy, and as she proved a regular out and outer, I spliced her, and a famous wedding we had of it, as long as the rhino lasted.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops
- --Here you are, says Alf, chucking out the rhino. Talking about hanging, I'll show you something you never saw
- 1835, Frederick Marryat, The Pacha of Many Tales