pony

nounhorse

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Word Origin & History

1650s, powny, from Scottish, apparently from obsolete French poulenet "little foal" (mid-15c.), diminutive of Old French poulain "foal," from Late Latin pullanus "young of an animal," from Latin pullus "young of a horse, fowl, etc." (see foal (n.)) [Skeat's suggestion, still accepted].

German, sensibly, indicates this animal by attaching a diminutive suffix to its word for "horse," which might yield Modern English *horslet. Modern French poney is a 19c. borrowing from English. Meaning "crib of a text as a cheating aid" (1827) and "small liquor glass" (1849) both are from notion of "smallness" (the former also "something one rides"). As the name of a popular dance, it dates from 1963. The U.S. Pony Express began 1860 (and operated about 18 months before being superseded by the transcontinental telegraph). The figurative one-trick pony is 1897, American English, in reference to circus acts.

Example Sentences for pony

I thought it was proved that you helped to put the pony in the principal's room.

But the pony had been in such a situation before, if I had not, and she taught me what to do.

I wish I could have my pony; why can't I have my pony, mamma?

Nelson, having bought his pony, came home with it in high spirits.

I don't think we shall come to the pony at all, this season.

You couldn't sing a comic song on the pony's back, could you?'

Mr. Lawrence and his pony had both altered their positions in some degree.

The pony was a treasure that had apparently no bad qualities.

It certainly would be the best thing he could do for her to give her a pony.

When he reached the castle, he left his pony to go where he would, and rushed to his room.

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donkey

glass

horse

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liqueur glass

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Synonyms for pony

donkey