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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.
A cant word for gold and silver, or money.

Definition 2024


rhino

rhino

See also: rhino-

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪ.nəʊ/
  • (US) enPR: rīʹnō, IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪ.noʊ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪnəʊ
  • Homophone: RINO

Noun

rhino (plural rhinos)

  1. Short form of rhinoceros.
Translations

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

rhino (uncountable)

  1. (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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁi.no/

Noun

rhino m (plural rhinos)

  1. rhino