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cony

[koh-nee, kuhn-ee] / ˈkoʊ ni, ˈkʌn i /


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From a bal cony watched President John F. Kennedy, and at his side was a welcome guest: Tunisia's President Habib Bourguiba, 57, the father of his young country and a staunch friend of the West.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under pressure from the Astor lobby, Congress obligingly laid extra duties on imported nutria skins, cony, wool and Russian hares, all of which competed with Astor's beavers and muskrats in the hatmaking industry.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the convention floor a bal cony and press tables were ready for reporters.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among smaller animals the jerboa and other descriptions of rat, and the wabar or cony are common; lizards and snakes are numerous, most of the latter being venomous.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

"Whereas you are the bee, the wolf, the cony," declared Killigrew.

From Secret Bread by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse

From foes the conies shelter in the rocks.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 16, 2021

Perhaps the one who conies closest to being a gay blade is Prince Louis-Ferdinand, 66, grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II and claimant to the empire of Germany and the kingdom of Prussia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Butley's life ravels like the end of his shirtsleeve; it conies undone in the single day we watch him.

From Time Magazine Archive

For change conies from those who care, who propose and agitate, modified by those who care differently and oppose; the rest is inertia.

From Time Magazine Archive

She cranks up the radio when it conies on.”

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty


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