German

Noun

Pony n ‎(genitive Ponys, plural Ponys)

1. pony (horse)

Etymology 2

From the similarity of the haircut with the mane of a pony.

Noun

Pony m ‎(genitive Ponys, plural Ponys)

1. bangs, fringe (haircut)

English

New Forest pony (1)

Noun

pony ‎(plural ponies)

1. Any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands.
2. (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
   • 1885, New York Journal, August:^[2]

     ‘I’m on the inside track,’ said a pony of beer as it went galloping down a man’s throat.

   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 193:

     Demon popped into his mouth a last morsel of black bread with elastic samlet, gulped down a last pony of vodka and took his place at the table with Marina facing him across its oblong length.

   • 2010, Dick Lynas, Pies Were for Thursdays: Tales from an Ordinary Glasgow East End Childhood, page 283,

     I did not even know what a ‘pony’, a small chaser of beer, was. But of course I could not admit that. So putting on an air of nonchalance, and a deep voice, I strolled into a pub with one of the other equally naive guys and we ordered two ponies of beer.

     ‘McEwans?’ asked the barman.

     ‘Naw - ponies’ said I.

3. (Australia, New South Wales, Victoria) A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter pint.
4. (Britain, slang) Twenty-five pounds sterling.
5. (US, slang) A translation used as a study aid; loosely, a crib, a cheat-sheet.
   • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.104:

     She kept the dates written down in her Latin 'pony', so she didn't have to bother about who it was.

Synonyms

• horseling

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pony ‎(third-person singular simple present ponies, present participle ponying, simple past and past participle ponied)

1. (transitive) To lead (a horse) from another horse.

Etymology 2

Short for pony and trap, rhyming with crap.

Adjective

pony ‎(comparative ponier, superlative poniest)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) Of little worth.

Noun

pony ‎(plural ponies)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) Crap; rubbish, nonsense.

References

1. ↑ Notes and Queries, August 8th, 1896, p. 126: “It seems probable the origin is due to the diminutiveness of the glass;”
   “The expression ‘a pony of beer’ is often used in South Wales for a small glass containing about the fourth of a pint.”
2. ↑ Americanisms, Farmer, p. 430

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English pony.

Noun

pony m ‎(invariable)

1. pony (young horse)
2. pony express