Meaning of see the elephant | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To witness something unexpected and awe-inspiring.
   US, obsolete, slang
2. To be up to the latest moves; to be knowing and worldly.
   US, obsolete, slang
3. To witness or participate in a battle.
   US, slang
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see see, the, elephant.

Examples

“"[W]hy he's a natural born carakter. He is the best hand at a yarn in all west country, and will whip more cats, tell more lies, and eat more pork, than any fellow in Texas. […] [H]e's rare, jist the chap, and no mistake. He's seen the elephant, I imagine, a little more nor twice, I expect."”

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