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Word of the Day 09/22/19 Peacherino

Peacherino (noun)
peacherino [ pee-chuh-ree-noh ]


noun, plural peach·er·i·nos. Informal: Older Use.
1. peach (def 4).

Origin: 1895–1900; peach + -erino, alteration of -eroo, after Spanish or It words ending in -ino

EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR PEACHERINO
"Say, ain't he a peacherino, Mr. Sedgwick," whispered my young hopeful.
THE PIRATE OF PANAMA|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.
YOUNG WALLINGFORD|GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER

He's certainly down on the fair sex, even such a peacherino as this one.
THE CRUX|CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN

Well, it just proves this new thing is a peacherino, declared Tom.
THE RADIO DETECTIVES|A. HYATT VERRILL

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.'
T. TEMBAROM|FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT

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