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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RHI'NO, n. A cant word for gold and silver, or money.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout [syn: rhinoceros, rhino]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1670 money, cash II. noun (plural rhinos; also rhino) Date: 1884 rhinoceros

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. (pl. same or -os) colloq. a rhinoceros. Etymology: abbr. 2. n. Brit. sl. money. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rhino Rhi*no, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] Gold and silver, or money. [Cant] --W. Wagstaffe. As long as the rhino lasted. --Marryat.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(rhinos) A rhino is the same as a rhinoceros. (INFORMAL) N-COUNT

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Money. Cant.