zony
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See also: żony
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈzəʊni/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈzoʊni/
- Rhymes: -əʊni
Noun
zony (plural zonies)
- The offspring of a male zebra and a female pony.
- 1997 April 6, vicki blakslee, “Zonis zorses and zebras”, in rec.equestrian (Usenet):
- > Please tell us how you are doing. What do you have, zony or zorse?
- 2001 June 27, Bill Ramsay, “Evolution”, in nz.soc.religion (Usenet):
- the old man with the beard decided to lay his hands upon this poor lonely pony, and descended upon her a bounty, a bounty so exceedingly large, that she was blessed with a zony or a pebra, and this doth maketh lots of dosh for the zony’s owner, so that he too can be bountious with the hay from the tv rights, and dost ensure the continuing success of the little darling who shall dwell in the house of hay for evermore.
- 2010, Marie Lestelle Evrard, You Look Sort of Strange, page v:
- I am a zony. My father is a zebra and my mother is a pony.
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References
- ^ “Crisis-hit farm welcomes its gift zorse”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Guardian Unlimited, 2001 June 27: “it could be a zorse perhaps, a zony or maybe a shebra or a zetland. Whatever its name, the arrival of the strange beast has been hailed as a godsend”
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
zony f
- inflection of zona: