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▪ I. rhino1 slang.|ˈraɪnəʊ|
Also 7 ry-, 7–8 rino.
[Origin unknown.]
Money. (Often ready rhino.)
1688[see rhinocerical 2]. 1699Dunton Convers. in Irel. in Life & Errors (1818) 564 It was pretty to see the Squire choused out of so fair an estate with so little ready rhino. 1747Gentl. Mag. 147 When they come to shew their hoard, And tell the Rino on the board. 1796J. Anstey Pleader's Guide vii, Not one of all the trade that I know E'er fails to take the Ready rino. 1805Sporting Mag. XXV. 201 His [Geo. Morland's] impatience for the ready rhino. 1834Marryat P. Simple ii. 22 Now that I see you look so sharp after the rhino, it's my idea that you're some poor devil of a Scotchman. 1851Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 384/2 You shall have it cheap, for me and my mate are both short of rhino.
▪ II. rhino2|ˈraɪnəʊ|
Colloq. abbrev. of rhinoceros. Also attrib. and fig.
1884Graphic 30 Aug. 229/3 A magnificent rhino lazily eating some rich herbage. 1888J. Inglis Tent Life in Tigerland 1 The opportunities for sport—from rhino and tiger-shooting, down to ortolan and plover. 1890F. D. Lugard Diary 22 Feb. (1959) I. ii. 111 Fresher rhino tracks, and elephant spoor everywhere. 1938J. S. Huxley in Times 17 Aug. 11/5 Has not the time come when we can discard our etymological prejudices, accept the usage of the ordinary man, and frankly use ‘rhinos’? 1973M. Amis Rachel Papers 27 When I awoke that morning the bedroom was a rhino pen. 1979Monitor (McAllen, Texas) 15 July 8e/5 Three of the surviving rhino species are Asian and two are native to Africa.
b. Special Combs.: rhino beetle, bird, horn = rhinoceros beetle, etc., s.v. rhinoceros 3.
1958J. Slimming Temiar Jungle i. 14 The bundle contained a large rhino beetle, still alive but half suffocated.
1951R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse x. 131 The various types of rhino-birds and tick-birds..give warning to the game on whose parasites they feed. 1957― Portugal v. 87, I came across mermaids on the Rufigi River while trading in poached rhino-horns. 1974O. Manning Rain Forest i. iv. 62 You could find his name on the dockets of some pretty strange things..Rhino horn, cantharides. 1979Monitor (McAllen, Texas) 15 July 8e/5 Rhino horn has long been valued as an aphrodisiac by the oriental cultures. |