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pony car

pony car noun: an affordable, compact, highly styled car with a sporty or performance-oriented image.

Noun

pony car (plural pony cars)

  1. (US) An affordable, compact, highly styled car with a sporty or performance-oriented image.

Forms of pony car

pluralpony cars

Origin of pony car

From the segment-defining introduction of the Ford Mustang muscle car, whose front grille badge featured a mustang (a type of horse).

Questions about pony car

What does pony car mean?
Pony car means an affordable, compact, highly styled car with a sporty or performance-oriented image.
What part of speech is pony car?
Pony car is a noun.
What is the plural of pony car?
The plural of pony car is pony cars.

Words near pony car in the dictionary

  1. pony beads
  2. pony bottle
  3. pony bottles
  4. pony boy
  5. pony boys
  6. pony car
  7. pony cars
  8. pony engine
  9. pony engines
  10. Pony Express
  11. pony fan

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