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Definition of Pink elephants
1. Noun. Any visual hallucination arising from heavy drinking.
Definition of Pink elephants
1. Noun. (plural of pink elephant) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pink Elephants
Literary usage of Pink elephants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Other Side of the Lantern: An Account of a Commonplace Tour Round the World by Frederick Treves (1910)
"... with always the same pink and white bloom on both the blossom and the leaf.
There will be wall paintings of pink elephants fighting with pink ..."
2. Geographic Travels in Central Australia from 1872 to 1874 by Ernest Giles (1875)
"... for, as I before mentioned, it is composed of several •enormous rounded
stone-shapes, like the backs of several monstrous kneeling pink elephants; ..."
3. My Indian Journal by Walter Campbell (1864)
"pink elephants, yellow men, and sky-blue horses with yellow feet and scarlet
tails, are jumbled together in glorious confusion. ..."
4. Australia Twice Traversed: The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative by Ernest Giles (1889)
"... for, as I have said, it is composed of several enormous rounded stone shapes,
like the backs of several monstrous kneeling pink elephants. ..."
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