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English
Noun
poney (plural poneys or ponies)
- Archaic form of pony. (the animal)
1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter III, in Mansfield Park: , volume I, London: T Egerton, , →OCLC, page 52:“[…] You will have the same walks to frequent, the same library to chuse from, the same people to look at, the same horse to ride.” “Very true. Yes, dear old grey poney. […]”
1826, J. Whittemore, “Bankers.---List of Brighton Fares of Hackney Coaches, Flys, Pleasure Boats, and Bathing Machines.---”, in Whittemore’s Royal Brighton Guide. Brighton and Its Environs; An Historical and Topographical Guide to the Visitor in Brighton, for 1826. , Brighton: he Author, at the Religious Book and Tract Depository, , page 129:[…] drawn by one or more poney or ponies, mule or mules, to carry 2.
1829, The United Service Magazine, page 684:Poneys were this day provided for our use, with comfortable cloth saddles stuffed with wool […]
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Etymology
Borrowed from English pony, apparently from Middle French poulenet (“little foal”), ultimately from Late Latin pullānus (“young of an animal”).
Pronunciation
Noun
poney m (plural poneys)
- pony
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