| 单词 | pony boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspony boy pony boy n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeper or manager horse-keeperc1440 horse marshal1508 horse-master?1523 jockey1640 guarda-caballo1808 pony-man1851 pony boy1858 horseman1882 tackman1885 barn-boss1902 1858 Times 19 Aug. 5/5 I am sure you will not consider the postboy overpaid by 2s. 6d., nor the pony boy too liberally recompensed by 1s. 6d. 1909 Daily Chron. 16 Feb. 5/1 Murten..is employed as a pony-boy in the Woolley Colliery, Barnsley. 1958 Recorded Interview (Brit. Libr. Sound Archive) (Survey Eng. Dialects: C908) Track 25 [Kent] Of course the pony boys would up the limbers onto the tubs... He'd jump on the back tub and the ponies would take him to the back doors, in the dark. 1995 Daily Tel. 25 Sept. 5/2 Mr Major's temporary employment as a ‘pony boy’ involved..bringing the dead deer down the hill on the back of a pony. < as lemmas |
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