poney

Noun

pony (plural ponies)

1. A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
   • The pony won three times in one month and as I had backed it on each occasion I collected a ‘bank’ of over £400.1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 153

   Synonyms:

   horseling

2. (endearing) A horse of any size.
3. A contraption built like a mount, strong enough to support one's weight.

   Synonyms:

   buck

4. (regional) A small serving of an alcoholic beverage, especially beer.
   • 1879, “Some Queer Interviews: Interview with a Pony of Beer”, Puck, Vol. 5–6, p. 435
5. (Australia, New-South-Wales, Western, Victoria) A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter pint.
6. (UK, slang) Twenty-five pounds (money).
   • “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...1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 61, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...

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Noun (1)

pone (plural pones)

1. (historical) A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
2. (historical) A writ to enforce appearance in court by attaching goods or requiring securities.

Noun (2)

pone (countable and uncountable, plural pones)

1. (Southern US, historical) A baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs.

Noun (3)

pone (plural pones)

1. (US, historical) The last player to bet or play in turn.