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room for a pony

room for a pony noun: minimum trappings of the minor landed gentry.

Noun

room for a pony (uncountable)

  1. (UK, humorous) minimum trappings of the minor landed gentry
    • Eventually he fell in love, and by age twenty was living in a gay couple, complete with house, garden, swimming pool, and room for a pony.1996, Gary W. Dowsett, Practicing Desire: Homosexual Sex in the Era of AIDS, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 264
    • “ […] In the back yard, we have a screened terrace, a swimming pool, a swing set and room for a pony.” His grin was boyish as she, too, smiled at the oblique reference to the popular British comedy ‘Keeping up Appearances’.2002, E. T. Rishe, Timeless Acres, iUniverse, 978-0-595-25068-4, page 47

Origin of room for a pony

From the British television comedy series, Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995), wherein social climber Hyacinth Bucket constantly and variously describes her sister Violet, who married well, as “the one with the […] and room for a pony”.

Questions about room for a pony

What does room for a pony mean?
Room for a pony means minimum trappings of the minor landed gentry.
What part of speech is room for a pony?
Room for a pony is a noun.

Words near room for a pony in the dictionary

  1. room and board
  2. room and pillar
  3. room by the hour
  4. room divider
  5. room dividers
  6. room for a pony
  7. room for doubt
  8. room for maneuver
  9. room in
  10. room meat
  11. room of doom

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