pony

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Hello! Why--Beelzebub, good boy A whim had seized the obstinate animal to approach his late rider and fawn about his feet, nibbling the scant grass which grew there, as the pony was already doing.

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  1. noun Any of several types or breeds of horses that are small in size when full grown, such as the Shetland pony.
  2. noun Informal A racehorse.
  3. noun Sports A polo horse.

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  1. Probably from obsolete French poulenet, diminutive of poulain, colt, from Late Latin pullāmen, young of an animal, from Latin pullus; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also poney, powney; prob. from Old French poulenet, a colt; cf. pouleniel, poulinel, a colt, diminutive of poulain, a colt: see pullen. The word is thus ult. connected with Greek πω̄λος, a foal: see foal. The Gaelic ponaidh, as well as Irish poni, a pony, French poney, a pony, are from English
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