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Grammar : Noun
Spell : poh-nee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpoʊ ni



Définition of pony

Origin :
  • 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 The U.S. Pony Express began 1860 (and operated about 18 months before being superseded by the transcontinental telegraph).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.
  • noun horse
Example sentences :
  • I thought it was proved that you helped to put the pony in the principal's room.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • But the pony had been in such a situation before, if I had not, and she taught me what to do.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • I wish I could have my pony; why can't I have my pony, mamma?
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Nelson, having bought his pony, came home with it in high spirits.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • I don't think we shall come to the pony at all, this season.
  • Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
  • You couldn't sing a comic song on the pony's back, could you?'
  • Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
  • Mr. Lawrence and his pony had both altered their positions in some degree.
  • Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte
  • The pony was a treasure that had apparently no bad qualities.
  • Extract from : « In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories » by Robert Barr
  • It certainly would be the best thing he could do for her to give her a pony.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • When he reached the castle, he left his pony to go where he would, and rushed to his room.
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald

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