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Noun: pony  pow-nee
  1. Any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder
     
  2. A range horse of the western United States
     
  3. [informal] A horse bred for racing
    "he liked to bet on the ponies";
    - racehorse, race horse, bangtail [US, informal], neddy [Austral, informal]
     
  4. [N. Amer] A literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
    - trot, crib
     
  5. [informal] A small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
    - shot glass, jigger
     
  6. [UK, informal] 25 pounds sterling

Derived forms: ponies

Type of: drinking glass, Equus caballus, glass, horse, interlingual rendition, rendering, translation, version

Encyclopedia: Pony, Montana