ponies

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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