pony carn.
/ˈpəʊnɪ kɑː/, U.S. /ˈpoʊni ˌkɑr/ 1. A carriage or vehicle of a sort usually drawn by a pony.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > specific horse-drawn
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1819 J. Knox Diary 21 May in A. E. Blake Mem. Vanished Generation (1909) ii. 53 We again mounted the pony cars, which consist of a single bench on four wheels, drawn by a man at each end.
1922 Times 9 Mar. 23/5 (advt.) Four bed rooms, two reception, dressing room, kitchen, scullery, &c.; small stable and shed for pony car.
1965 Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) 19 July b11/9 (advt.) Welsh pony colt—black-white star, gentle pony car race prospect.
2. Originally U.S. A compact high-performance sports car, esp. one of a type produced in the United States from the mid 1960s. (Now the usual sense.)
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > sports car
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1968 Port Arthur (Texas) News 9 Jan. 9 (advt.) Front end of Javelin is mean looking... Has a lot more legroom than is generally associated with pony cars.
1989 Motor Trend Mar. 110/2 Others might throw in Japanese pony-cars like the Mazda MX-6, Toyota Celica, and even the Asian-American Ford Probe GT.
1992 J. Stern & M. Stern Encycl. Pop Culture 352/1 The mustang was so successful that nearly every company tried to copy it with their own ‘pony car’, but none had the magic combination of youthfulness, affordability, and novelty that made car buyers fall in love in the spring of '64.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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