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Pony

noun

(pl. ponies) (Written also poney)

A range horse of the western United States.

An informal term for a racehorse.

A literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly). Synonyms: crib, trot.

A small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey. Synonyms: jigger, shot glass.

Any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder.

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... bed while she was with me, and was all affectionate attention to the whole party, but with a marked tendency to pay me more particular attention. Our breakfast was late, so we had to hurry ourselves for church. Mamma drove Ellen in a small pony phaeton, while Harry and I took a ...

— The Romance of Lust - A classic Victorian erotic novel • Anonymous

... for the polo had already begun. They saw Caspar Porter's little pony fidgeting under its heavy burden. It became unmanageable and careered wildly up and down the field, well out of range of the players. Indeed, most of the ponies seemed inclined to keep their shins out of the melee. Sommers laughed ...

— The Web of Life • Robert Herrick

... It has a volume and an arrow-like rapidity that communicate the feeling of exuberance and life. In passing, let it not be forgotten that it was somewhere or other in this 'chiaro fondo di Sorga,' as Carlyle describes, that Jourdain, the hangman-hero of the Glaciere, stuck fast upon his pony when flying from his foes, and had his accursed life, by some diabolical providence, spared for future butcheries. On we go across the austere plain, between fields of madder, the red roots of the 'garance' ...

— Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece • John Addington Symonds

... brave in war some of his implements of battle are placed on the scaffold or securely tied to its timbers. If the deceased has been a chief, or a soldier related to his chief, it is not uncommon to slay his favorite pony and place the body beneath the scaffold, under the superstition, I suppose, that the horse goes with the man. As illustrating the propensity to provide the dead with the things used while living, I may mention that some years ago I loaned to an old man ...

— An introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians • H. C. Yarrow

... saw on coming out of school was the pony carriage, with Charles and Captain Morville himself. Charlotte, who was all excitement, had time to say, while her ...

— The Heir of Redclyffe • Charlotte M. Yonge

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