Pony vs Donkey - What's the difference?
pony | donkey |
Any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands.
(regional) A small serving of an alcoholic beverage.
* 1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 193:
* 2010 , Dick Lynas, Pies Were for Thursdays: Tales from an Ordinary Glasgow East End Childhood ,
(Australia, New South Wales, Victoria) A serving of 140 millilitres of beer.
(UK, slang) Twenty-five pounds sterling.
(US, slang) A translation used as a study aid; loosely, a crib, a cheat-sheet.
(Cockney rhyming slang) (from "pony and trap" ) Crap; rubbish, nonsense.
To lead (a horse) from another horse.
(Cockney rhyming slang) Of little worth.
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A domestic animal, , similar to a horse.
A stubborn person.
A fool.
(nautical) A small auxiliary engine, also called donkey engine .
(poker slang) A bad poker player.
As nouns the difference between pony and donkey
is that pony is any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands while donkey is a domestic animal, subspecies: Equus africanus asinus, similar to a horse.As a verb pony
is to lead (a horse) from another horse.As an adjective pony
is of little worth.pony
English
(wikipedia pony)Etymology 1
1659 from (etyl) (cognate to English foal).Noun
(ponies)- 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.
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- 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.