rhino

See also: rhino-

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪ.nəʊ/
• (US) enPR: rīʹnō, IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪ.noʊ/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -aɪnəʊ
• Homophone: RINO

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Alternative forms

• rino

Noun

rhino (uncountable)

1. (slang, now rare) Money. [from 17th c.]
   • 1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anne St. Ives, vol. III.52:

     When so be as a man has no money, why then, a savin and exceptin your onnur's reverence, a's but a poor dog. But when so be as a man as got the rhino, why then a may begin to hold up his head.

   • 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 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: The Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

     —Here you are, says Alf, chucking out the rhino. Talking about hanging, I'll show you something you never saw

Etymology 2

Clipping of rhinoceros.

Noun

rhino (plural rhinos)

1. (colloquial) A rhinoceros. [from 19th c.]
   • 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 24:

     ‘We were getting a grand shot of a charging rhino when the cameraman got scared and bolted. The fathead!’

   • 1961 October, “Talking of Trains: B.R. exile at work?”, in Trains Illustrated, page 586:

     This cutting from an East African newspaper caught our eye last month: "The up mail train from Mombasa was held up for an hour at Kibwezi by an angry rhino on Monday night."

Translations

short form of rhinoceros

• French: rhino (fr) m

French

Etymology

Clipping of rhinocéros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.no/

Noun

rhino m (plural rhinos)

1. (informal) rhino