cony
Americannoun
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the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
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the daman or other hyrax of the same genus.
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the pika.
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a rabbit.
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Obsolete. a person who is easily tricked; gull; dupe.
noun
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a rabbit or fur made from the skin of a rabbit
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(in the Bible) another name for the hyrax, esp the Syrian rock hyrax
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another name for pika
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archaic a fool or dupe
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Etymology
Origin of cony
First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English, back formation from conyes, from Old French conis, plural of conil, from Latin cunīculus “rabbit, burrow,” a word said to be of Iberian origin, according with evidence that the rabbit spread through Europe from NW Africa and the Iberian Peninsula
Example Sentences
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On the convention floor a bal cony and press tables were ready for reporters.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under pressure from the Astor lobby, Congress obligingly laid extra duties on imported nutria skins, cony, wool and Russian hares, all of which competed with Astor's beavers and muskrats in the hatmaking industry.
From Time Magazine Archive
From a bal cony watched President John F. Kennedy, and at his side was a welcome guest: Tunisia's President Habib Bourguiba, 57, the father of his young country and a staunch friend of the West.
From Time Magazine Archive
The gorcock unalarmed crows among the moors and mosses—the blackbird whistles in the birken shaw—and the cony erects his ears at the mouth of his burrow, and whisks away frolicsome among the whins or heather.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John
Once "the snow-white cony sought its evening meal," unconscious of our dangerous vicinity, issuing with erected ears from the wood edge.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John
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