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/ˈpəʊni/ · noun
A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers..
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.
I did not even know what a ‘pony’, a small chaser of beer, was. But of course I could not admit that. So putting on an air of nonchalance, and a deep voice, I strolled into a pub with one of the other equally naive guys and we ordered two ponies of beer. ‘McEwans?’ asked the barman. ‘Naw - ponies’ said I.
“You said a pony,” interposed Clavering; “my dear fellow, you said a pony, and I’ll be eternally obliged to you; and I’ll not take it as a gift—only as a loan, and pay you back in six months. I take my oath, I will.” “Well—well—there’s the money, Sir Francis Clavering. […] Here’s five-and-twenty for you.
She kept the dates written down in her Latin 'pony', so she didn't have to bother about who it was.
His hair is a semilong dull red and pulled back in a sloppy pony at the base of his neck, and his face is riddled with small freckles and grease, but out here I can see personal hygiene isn't exactly at the top of the priority list.
How many ponies are under the hood?
Use pony when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pony means A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers..
Common synonyms include horseling, buck, crap, trot.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1879, “Some Queer Interviews: Interview with a Pony of Beer”, Puck, Vol. 5–6, p. 435
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