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pink elephants

plural noun

  1. any of various visual hallucinations sometimes experienced as a withdrawal symptom after sustained alcoholic drinking.


pink elephants

plural noun

  1. a facetious name applied to hallucinations caused by drunkenness


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pink elephants1

First recorded in 1905–10

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Example Sentences

In Venusport, on payday-night, it is difficult to tell for certain where the town leaves off and the pink elephants begin.

He had better cut out those visits to the river resorts, or next he would be seeing pink elephants climbing trees.

"I'd believe ye sooner if ye said ye saw pink elephants," said Jarrow.

"If you're a mahout for pink elephants, I don't want to see you," I said.

You saw a cricket that big and this Gurlone feller took a couple of pink elephants out of his pocket to pay the check.

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