Ponies
[pəuniz]
Definition
(pl. ) of Pony
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Examples
- They were about a score of the small wild ponies known as heath-croppers. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But she is perfectly amiable, and often condescends to drive by my humble abode in her little phaeton and ponies. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It would have been as easy for the heath-ponies, bats, and snakes to be vulgar as for her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And if Newland's afternoon is provided for perhaps May can drive you out with the ponies, and try their new russet harness. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- They were the tracks of unshod ponies, three of them, and the ponies had been galloping. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Papa says you may get out the ponies, and take me in my little new carriage, she said, catching his hand. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- My ponies are tired, and I have further to go, and I am going to rest them under this bank for an hour. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- A low phaeton, with a nice little pair of ponies, would be the very thing. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The quick trot of ponies' feet made him look up, as one of the little carriages, containing a single young lady, came rapidly down the street. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Ponies used to come for him to ride home on Saturdays. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They probably followed herds of horses, the little bearded ponies of that age, as these moved after pasture. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Your idea of the ponies is delightful. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Archer acquiesced, and she turned the ponies down Narragansett Avenue, crossed Spring Street and drove out toward the rocky moorland beyond. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I knew you were there; when you drove in I recognised the ponies. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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