Pony
['pəʊnɪ] or ['poni]
Definition
(noun.) a range horse of the western United States.
(noun.) any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder.
(noun.) an informal term for a racehorse; 'he liked to bet on the ponies'.
(noun.) a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly).
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Definition
(n.) A small horse.
(n.) Twenty-five pounds sterling.
(n.) A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib.
(n.) A small glass of beer.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Sheltie, small horse.
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Definition
n. a small horse—one less than 13 hands high: (slang) ?5: a key or translation of the writings of an author: a small glass of beer.—v.t. to use a crib in translating.—ns. Pō′ny-carr′iage a small carriage drawn by one or more ponies; Pō′ny-en′gine a small engine used for shunting wagons &c.—Jerusalem pony an ass.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see ponies in your dreams, signifies moderate speculations will be rewarded with success.
Typist: Vern
Examples
- Keep the pony-chaise ready, Mr. Betteredge, till I come back. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- When you had seen the pony backed into the shafts of the chaise, you had seen something there was no doubt about. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He has a white Pony to come and fetch him, and a groom in livery on a bay mare. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- When we got back, it was after moonrise: a pony, which we knew to be the surgeon's, was standing at the garden door. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He was out on his pony yesterday, looking at our corn. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They fetched her in the pony-chaise, and are going to bring her back. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The door was opened; the pony-carriage was ordered; shawls and bonnets were demanded; Mr. Helstone called for his niece. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Were you drunk when I saw you off in the pony-chaise on that Saturday evening? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The pony started at the word, as if he had felt a Christian horror of it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- With that he shook me by the hand, and went out to the pony chaise. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I saw the pony harnessed myself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- As Mr. Casaubon's carriage was passing out of the gateway, it arrested the entrance of a pony phaeton driven by a lady with a servant seated behind. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He came one day as the coachman was lunging Georgy round the lawn on the gray pony. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Eva had a little pet pony, of a snowy whiteness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- That night, when Georgy came back in the pony-carriage in which he rejoiced, and in which he was driven by Sir Wm. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- 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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