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Timor2|ˈtiːmɔː(r)|
The name of an Indonesian island off the north-west coast of Australia, part of which was before 1976 a Portuguese colony, used attrib. in Timor pony, a small, stocky horse belonging to a variety first found there. Also absol.
[1841G. Grey Jrnls. Two Exped. N.-W. & W. Austral. I. iv. 68 The vessel could then proceed..to the Island of Timor, to procure the requisite number of ponies for our expedition.] 1895A. B. Paterson Man from Snowy River (1896) 4 He was something like a racehorse under⁓sized, With a touch of Timor pony. 1928‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country xv. 253 He rode a yellow bay with a dash of Timor, hardy and sure-footed as a goat. 1933Bulletin (Sydney) 27 Sept. 21/2 Those Timor ponies..date back to 1840. 1965Austral. Encycl. IV. 552/1 The Timor pony possesses remarkable hardiness and stamina. |