"pink elephant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pink elephants [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pink elephant (plural pink elephants)
  1. (informal) A stereotypical hallucination, particularly one brought on by drinking alcohol. Tags: informal Translations (Translations): weiße Maus [feminine] (German), białe myszki [nonvirile] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-pink_elephant-en-noun-RAieVWau Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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