pony
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- A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
- a contraption built like a mount, strong enough to support one's weight
- A small serving of an alcoholic beverage, especially beer.
- A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter pint.
- (slang) Twenty-five pounds (money).
- (slang) A translation used as a study aid; loosely, a crib, a cheat-sheet.
- (slang) A ponytail hairstyle.
- (slang) One horsepower.
- A dance from the 1960s in which the dancer mimics the high-stepping prance of a pony.
- (slang) A chorus girl of small stature.
- (slang) Ellipsis of Sony pony.
- (slang) Abbreviated from "pony and trap"; crap.
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1659 from Scots powny, apparently from Middle French poulenet (“little foal”), ultimately from Late Latin pullanus (“young of an animal”), from pullus (cognate to English foal). Sense “small serving of alcohol” from 19th century, both for small sizes generally and for a quarter pint specifically, from the small size.
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