powny

"I think," says I, "yon'll be Finlay Stuart's Uist powny; there's none here has the silver mane and tail ...."

The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars

Wull being a man of orderly habits, went early to bed; and next morning, when the business of the farm called him and Geordy together, says Wull to Geordy, "Ye was unco late in coming hame last night; aw salt the powny."

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 567, September 22, 1832 Various

"You d-- d idiot, ye did na 'gie away the powny without getting the siller for't; wha was he?"

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 567, September 22, 1832 Various

‘I dare say no, ’ said the precentor; ‘for Miss Bertram comes on the white powny ilka day to the kirk—and a constant kirk-keeper she is—and it’s a pleasure to hear her singing the psalms, winsome young thing.

Chapter XI 1917

I’ll take out a ticket for ye in the fly to Jethart—Od, but ye maun take a powny after that o’er the Limestane-rig—deil a wheeled carriage ever gaed into Liddesdale.

Chapter XXXVIII 1917

Ay, the day afore yesterday me an 'the powny was clatterin' by Zoar, when there was Jamie standin 'in his identical place.

A Window in Thrums 1898

But here we are nearer to Heugh-foot than to your house by twa mile, --- hadna ye better e'en gae hame wi 'me, and we'll send the callant on the powny to tell them that you are wi' us, though I believe there's naebody at hame to wait for you but the servants and the cat. ''

The Black Dwarf 1898

The name seems to be taken from the dish of brose with which he who won the race was occasionally regaled. of the Preakin tower --- I wad send the sled for ye wi 'a canny powny.' '

The Black Dwarf 1898

But she didnae speak plain, ye maun understand; but yam-yammered, like a powny wi 'the bit in its moo.

Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

"Not her," said May Girmory, "she has a riding skirt, the way folk has them made in London, and gangs by at a hand-gallop, a different powny every time, and Lord, she doesna spare them!"

Patsy 1887