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Word entry · 4 letters

pony

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"Small horse"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈpəʊni/Part of speech nounSorted nopyStarts with PEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a range horse of the western United States

Word origin

From Scots powny, apparently from Middle French poulenet (“little foal”), ultimately from Late Latin pullanus (“young of an animal”), from pullus. First attested in 1659. Doublet of foal and pullus.

Used in a sentence

  • 1879, “Some Queer Interviews: Interview with a Pony of Beer”, Puck, Vol. 5–6, p. 435
  • ‘I’m on the inside track,’ said a pony of beer as it went galloping down a man’s throat.
  • Demon popped into his mouth a last morsel of black bread with elastic samlet, gulped down a last pony of vodka and took his place at the table with Marina facing him across its oblong length.

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