单词 | pony purse |
释义 | > as lemmaspony purse pony purse n. U.S. (now rare) a sum of money collected on an informal or impromptu basis. ΚΠ 1851 Defiance (Ohio) Democrat 15 Feb. They have never been called upon to make up a pony purse to establish it, or to contribute from time to time to prolong its existence. 1865 Harper's Mag. Aug. 322/2 A pony purse was made up among the members to buy candles. 1939 T. D. Clark Rampaging Frontier vi. 140 The members bought his fowls by a pony purse. < as lemmas |
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