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Pony   /pˈoʊnˌi/   Listen
Pony

noun
(pl. ponies)  (Written also poney)
1.
A range horse of the western United States.
2.
An informal term for a racehorse.
3.
A literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly).  Synonyms: crib, trot.
4.
A small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey.  Synonyms: jigger, shot glass.
5.
Any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder.



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"Pony" Quotes from Famous Books



... have occurred to him that he was not pinned down to circulate on a pivot, like the hands of the watch, but possessed the power of shifting his central point, and extending his circle if he thought proper. To realise which privilege of change of place, he bought a pony from a Highland drover, and with its assistance and company stepped, or rather stumbled, as ...
— The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete, Illustrated • Sir Walter Scott
... day, as Rose came cantering home from the Point on her pretty bay pony, she saw a man sitting on a fallen tree beside the road and something in his despondent attitude arrested her attention. As she drew nearer he turned his head, and she stopped short, exclaiming in great surprise: "Why, Mac! What are you ...
— Rose in Bloom - A Sequel to "Eight Cousins" • Louisa May Alcott
... a carriage when papa was alive," said Mrs. Bethel, "and we drove to church every Sunday. We were the only people beside the Porsons, and theirs was only a pony-cart." ...
— The Wooden Horse • Hugh Walpole
... girl, and we will have a grand time; she has a rich father and a piano and a pony and a buggy. It ...
— A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen • Hamlin Garland
... and again, and again, and again. Sundays or week days, Eleanor missed no chance of riding her pony to the little valley church. Mrs. Caxton generally went with her, after the first week; but going in her car she was no hindrance to the thoughtfulness and solitude of the rides on horseback; and Eleanor sometimes wept all the way home, and oftener ...
— The Old Helmet, Volume I • Susan Warner


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